Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 37:26-27

26Hast thou not heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085long agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, howI have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213it; andof ancientקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924timesמִ֥ימֵיMi.meiH3117,that I have formedוִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it? now have I broughtהֲבֵאתִ֔יהָha.ve.Ti.haH935it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteלְהַשְׁא֛וֹתle.hash.'otH7582defencedבְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoruinousנִצִּ֖יםni.TzimH5327heapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

27Therefore their inhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427wereof smallקִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-H7116powerיָ֔דYadH3027,they were dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and confoundedוָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuH954: they were asthe grassעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212of the fieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and asthe greenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbדֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877, asthe grassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682on the housetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotH1406, and as grainblastedוּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.MahH7709beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it be grown upקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054.

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