Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 37:16-19

16O Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,Godאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,that dwellestיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427betweenthe cherubimsהַכְּרֻבִ֔יםha.ke.ru.VimH3742, thou artthe Godהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430, eventhou alone, of all the kingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:thou hast madeעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

17Inclineהַטֵּ֨הha.TehH5186thine earאָזְנְךָ֙'a.ze.ne.KhaH241,O Yhwhיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068,and hearוּֽשְׁמָ֔עu.she.Ma'H8085;openפְּקַ֧חpe.KachH6491thine eyesעֵינֶ֖ךָ'ei.Ne.khaH5869,O Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,and seeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200:and hearוּשְׁמַ֗עu.she.Ma'H8085all the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֔יבsan.che.RivH5576,which hath sentשָׁלַ֔חsha.LachH7971to reproachלְחָרֵ֖ףle.cha.RefH2778the livingחָֽי׃ChaiH2416Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

18Of a truthאָמְנָ֖ם'a.me.NamH551,Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,the kingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804have laid wasteהֶחֱרִ֜יבוּhe.che.Ri.vuH2717all the nationsהָאֲרָצ֖וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776,and their countriesאַרְצָֽם׃'ar.TzamH776,

19And have castוְנָתֹ֥ןve.na.TonH5414their godsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430into the fireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784: for they wereno godsאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430,but the workמַעֲשֵׂ֧הma.'a.SehH4639of men’sאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵֽי־ye.dei-H3027,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086and stoneוָאֶ֖בֶןva.'E.venH68:therefore they have destroyedוַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃Vay.'a.be.DumH6them.

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