Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 34:2-6

2For the indignationקֶ֤צֶףKe.tzefH7110of Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068isupon all nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, and hisfuryוְחֵמָ֖הve.che.MahH2534upon all their armiesצְבָאָ֑םtze.va.'AmH6635:he hath utterly destroyedהֶחֱרִימָ֖םhe.che.ri.MamH2763them, he hath deliveredנְתָנָ֥םne.ta.NamH5414them to the slaughterלַטָּֽבַח׃la.Ta.vachH2874.

3Their slainוְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣םve.cha.lei.HemH2491also shall be cast outיֻשְׁלָ֔כוּyush.La.khuH7993,and their stinkבָאְשָׁ֑םva.'e.ShamH889shall come upיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927out of their carcasesוּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖םu.fig.rei.HemH6297,and the mountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022shall be meltedוְנָמַ֥סּוּve.na.Ma.suH4549with their bloodמִדָּמָֽם׃mi.da.MamH1818.

4And all the hostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064shall be dissolvedוְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ve.na.Ma.kuH4743,and the heavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064shall be rolled togetherוְנָגֹ֥לּוּve.na.Go.luH1556as a scrollכַסֵּ֖פֶרkha.Se.ferH5612:and all their hostצְבָאָ֣םtze.va.'AmH6635shall fall downיִבּ֔וֹלyi.BolH5034,as the leafעָלֶה֙'a.LehH5929falleth offכִּנְבֹ֤לkin.VolH5034from the vineמִגֶּ֔פֶןmi.Ge.fenH1612,and as a fallingוּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶתu.khe.no.Ve.letH5034figfrom the fig treeמִתְּאֵנָֽה׃mi.te.'e.NahH8384.

5For my swordחַרְבִּ֑יchar.BiH2719shall be bathedרִוְּתָ֥הri.ve.TahH7301in heavenבַשָּׁמַ֖יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064:behold, it shall come downתֵּרֵ֔דte.RedH3381upon Idumeaאֱד֣וֹם'e.DomH123,and upon the peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of my curseחֶרְמִ֖יcher.MiH2764,to judgmentלְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃le.mish.PatH4941.

6The swordחֶ֣רֶבChe.revH2719of Yhwhלַיהוָ֞הla.Yah.wehH3068is filledמָלְאָ֥הmal.'AhH4390with bloodדָם֙damH1818,it is made fatהֻדַּ֣שְׁנָהhu.Dash.nahH1878with fatnessמֵחֵ֔לֶבme.Che.levH2459, andwith the bloodמִדַּ֤םmi.DamH1818of lambsכָּרִים֙ka.RimH3733and goatsוְעַתּוּדִ֔יםve.'a.tu.DimH6260,with the fatמֵחֵ֖לֶבme.Che.levH2459of the kidneysכִּלְי֣וֹתkil.YotH3629of ramsאֵילִ֑ים'ei.LimH352:for Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068hath a sacrificeזֶ֤בַחZe.vachH2077in Bozrahבְּבָצְרָ֔הbe.va.tze.RahH1224,and a greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419slaughterוְטֶ֥בַחve.Te.vachH2874in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Idumeaאֱדֽוֹם׃'e.DomH123.

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