Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 24:1-8

1Behold, Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068maketh the earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776emptyבּוֹקֵ֥קbo.KekH1238,and maketh it wasteוּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּu.Vol.KahH1110,and turnethוְעִוָּ֣הve.'i.VahH5753it upside downפָנֶ֔יהָfa.Nei.haH6440,and scattereth abroadוְהֵפִ֖יץve.he.FitzH6327the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof.

2And it shall be, as with the peopleכָעָם֙kha.'AmH5971,so with the priestכַּכֹּהֵ֔ןka.ko.HenH3548;as with the servantכַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ka.'E.vedH5650,so with his masterכַּֽאדֹנָ֔יוka.do.NavH113;as with the maidכַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הka.shif.ChahH8198,so with her mistressכַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּka.ge.vir.TahH1404;as with the buyerכַּקּוֹנֶה֙ka.ko.NehH7069,so with the sellerכַּמּוֹכֵ֔רka.mo.KherH4376;as with the lenderכַּמַּלְוֶה֙ka.mal.VehH3867,so with the borrowerכַּלֹּוֶ֔הka.lo.VehH3867;as with the taker of usuryכַּנֹּשֶׁ֕הka.no.ShehH5383,soכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834with the giver of usuryנֹשֶׁ֥אno.She'H5378to him.

3The landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall be utterlyהִבּ֧וֹק׀hi.BokH1238emptiedתִּבּ֛וֹקti.BokH1238,and utterlyוְהִבּ֣וֹז׀ve.hi.BozH962spoiledתִּבּ֑וֹזti.BozH962:for Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath spokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696this wordהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

4The earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournethאָבְלָ֤ה'a.ve.LahH56andfadeth awayנָֽבְלָה֙na.ve.LahH5034,the worldתֵּבֵ֑לte.VelH8398languishethאֻמְלְלָ֥ה'um.le.LahH535andfadeth awayנָבְלָ֖הna.ve.LahH5034,the haughtyמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791peopleעַם־'am-H5971of the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776do languishאֻמְלָ֖לוּ'um.La.luH535.

5The earthוְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776also is defiledחָנְפָ֖הcha.ne.FahH2610under the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof; because they have transgressedעָבְר֤וּ'a.ve.RuH5674the lawsתוֹרֹת֙to.RotH8451,changedחָ֣לְפוּChal.fuH2498the ordinanceחֹ֔קChokH2706,brokenהֵפֵ֖רוּhe.Fe.ruH6565the everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.

6Therefore hath the curseאָלָה֙'a.LahH423devouredאָ֣כְלָה'A.khe.lahH398the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,and they that dwellיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein are desolateוַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּvai.ye'.she.MuH816:therefore the inhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776are burnedחָרוּ֙cha.RuH2787,and fewמִזְעָֽר׃miz.'ArH4213menאֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582leftוְנִשְׁאַ֥רve.nish.'ArH7604.

7The new wineתִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshH8492mournethאָבַ֥ל'a.ValH56,the vineגָ֑פֶןGa.fenH1612languishethאֻמְלְלָה־'um.le.lah-H535,all the merryheartedשִׂמְחֵי־ לֵֽב׃sim.chei- LevH3820 H8056do sighנֶאֶנְח֖וּne.'en.ChuH584.

8The mirthמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885of tabretsתֻּפִּ֔יםtu.PimH8596ceasethשָׁבַת֙sha.VatH7673,the noiseשְׁא֣וֹןshe.'onH7588of them that rejoiceעַלִּיזִ֑ים'a.li.ZimH5947endethחָדַ֖לcha.DalH2308,the joyמְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.SosH4885of the harpכִּנּֽוֹר׃ki.NorH3658ceasethשָׁבַ֖תsha.VatH7673.

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