Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 49:14-21

14But Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726saidוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068hath forsakenעֲזָבַ֣נִי'a.za.Va.niH5800me, and my Lordוַאדֹנָ֖יva.do.NaiH136hath forgottenשְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃she.khe.Cha.niH7911me.

15Can a womanאִשָּׁה֙'i.ShahH802forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911her sucking childעוּלָ֔הּ'u.LahH5764,that she should not have compassionמֵרַחֵ֖םme.ra.ChemH7355on the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of her wombבִּטְנָ֑הּbit.NahH990?yea, they may forgetתִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָהtish.Kach.nahH7911,yet will I not forgetאֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃'esh.ka.ChekhH7911thee.

16Behold, I have gravenחַקֹּתִ֑יךְcha.ko.TikhH2710thee upon the palms of myhandsכַּפַּ֖יִםka.Pa.yimH3709;thy wallsחוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhH2346arecontinuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548before me.

17Thy childrenבָּנָ֑יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121shall make hasteמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116;thy destroyersמְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְme.ha.re.Sa.yikhH2040and they that made thee wasteוּמַחֲרִבַ֖יִךְu.ma.cha.ri.Va.yikhH2717shall go forthיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ye.Tze.'uH3318from thee.

18Lift upשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375thine eyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869round aboutסָבִ֤יבsa.VivH5439,and beholdוּרְאִ֔יu.re.'IH7200:all these gather themselves togetherנִקְבְּצ֣וּnik.be.TzuH6908, andcomeבָֽאוּ־va.'u-H935to thee. AsI liveחַי־chai-H2416,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,thou shalt surely clotheתִלְבָּ֔שִׁיtil.Ba.shiH3847thee with them all, as with an ornamentכָּעֲדִ֣יka.'a.DiH5716,and bindוּֽתְקַשְּׁרִ֖יםu.te.ka.she.RimH7194them on thee,as a brideכַּכַּלָּֽה׃ka.ka.LahH3618doeth.

19For thy wasteחָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙cha.re.vo.Ta.yikhH2723and thy desolate placesוְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְve.Sho.me.mo.Ta.yikhH8074,and the landוְאֶ֖רֶץve.'E.retzH776of thy destructionהֲרִֽסֻתֵ֑יךְha.ri.su.TeikhH2035,shall even now be too narrowתֵּצְרִ֣יte.tze.RiH3334by reason of the inhabitantsמִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmi.yo.ShevH3427,and they that swallowed thee upמְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃me.va.le.'A.yikhH1104shall be far awayוְרָחֲק֖וּve.ra.cha.KuH7368.

20The childrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121which thou shalt have, after thou hast lostשִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְshi.ku.La.yikhH7923the other, shall sayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559again in thine earsבְאָזְנַ֔יִךְve.'a.ze.Na.yikhH241,The placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725istoo straitצַר־tzar-H6862for me: giveגְּשָׁה־ge.shah-H5066placeH4725to me that I may dwellוְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ve.'e.She.vahH3427.

21Then shalt thou sayוְאָמַ֣רְתְּve.'a.MartH559in thine heartבִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְbil.va.VekhH3824,Who hath begottenיָֽלַד־ya.lad-H3205me these, seeing I have lost my childrenH7921,and am desolateוְגַלְמוּדָ֑הve.gal.mu.DahH1565,a captiveגֹּלָ֣ה׀go.LahH1540,and removing to and froוְסוּרָ֗הve.su.RahH5493?and who hath brought upגִדֵּ֔לgi.DelH1431these? Behold, I was leftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיnish.'Ar.tiH7604alone; these, whereאֵיפֹ֥ה'ei.FohH375had they been?

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