Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 17:4-8

4And in that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117it shall come to pass, thatthe gloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290shall be made thinיִדַּ֖לyi.DalH1809,and the fatnessוּמִשְׁמַ֥ןu.mish.ManH4924of his fleshבְּשָׂר֖וֹbe.sa.RoH1320shall wax leanיֵרָזֶֽה׃ye.ra.ZehH7329.

5And it shall be as when the harvestmanקָצִ֣ירka.TzirH7105gatherethכֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ke.'e.SofH622the grainקָמָ֔הka.MahH7054,and reapethיִקְצ֑וֹרyik.TzorH7114the headsשִׁבֳּלִ֣יםshi.bo.LimH7641with his armוּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'OH2220;and it shall be as he that gatherethכִּמְלַקֵּ֥טkim.la.KetH3950headsשִׁבֳּלִ֖יםshi.bo.LimH7641in the valleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010of Rephaimרְפָאִֽים׃re.fa.'ImH7497.

6Yet gleaning grapesעֽוֹלֵלֹת֙o.le.LotH5955shall be leftוְנִשְׁאַר־ve.nish.'ar-H7604in it, as the shakingכְּנֹ֣קֶףke.No.kefH5363of an olive treeזַ֔יִתZa.yitH2132,twoשְׁנַ֧יִםshe.Na.yimH8147orthreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֛הshe.lo.ShahH7969berriesגַּרְגְּרִ֖יםgar.ge.RimH1620in the topבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218of the uppermost boughאָמִ֑יר'a.MirH534,fourאַרְבָּעָ֣ה'ar.ba.'AhH702orfiveחֲמִשָּׁ֗הcha.mi.ShahH2568in the outmost fruitfulפֹּֽרִיָּ֔הpo.ri.YahH6509branchesבִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙bis.'i.Fei.haH5585thereof, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

7At that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117shall a manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120lookיִשְׁעֶ֥הyish.'EhH8159to his Makerעֹשֵׂ֑הוּ'o.Se.huH6213,and his eyesוְעֵינָ֕יוve.'ei.NavH5869shall have respectתִּרְאֶֽינָה׃tir.'Ei.nahH7200to the Holyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918One of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

8And he shall not lookיִשְׁעֶ֔הyish.'EhH8159to the altarsהַֽמִּזְבְּח֖וֹתha.miz.be.ChotH4196,the workמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639of his handsיָדָ֑יוya.DavH3027,neither shall respectיִרְאֶ֔הyir.'EhH7200thatwhich his fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו֙'etz.be.'o.TavH676have madeעָשׂ֤וּ'a.SuH6213,either the grovesוְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםve.ha.'a.she.RimH842,or the imagesוְהָחַמָּנִֽים׃ve.ha.cha.ma.NimH2553.

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