Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 49:18-23

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?

22Thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069,Behold, I will lift upאֶשָּׂ֤א'e.Sa'H5375mine handיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027to the Gentilesגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471,and set upאָרִ֣ים'a.RimH7311my standardנִסִּ֑יni.SiH5251to the peopleעַמִּ֖ים'a.MimH5971:and they shall bringוְהֵבִ֤יאוּve.he.Vi.'uH935thy sonsבָנַ֙יִךְ֙va.Na.yikhH1121in theirarmsבְּחֹ֔צֶןbe.Cho.tzenH2684,and thy daughtersוּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְu.ve.no.Ta.yikhH1323shall be carriedתִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה׃ti.na.Se.nahH5375upon theirshouldersכָּתֵ֥ףka.TefH3802.

23And kingsמְלָכִ֜יםme.la.KhimH4428shall be thy nursing fathersאֹֽמְנַ֗יִךְ'o.me.Na.yikhH539,and their queensוְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ve.sa.ro.tei.HemH8282thy nursing mothersמֵינִ֣יקֹתַ֔יִךְmei.Ni.ko.Ta.yikhH3243:they shall bow downיִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּyish.Ta.cha.vuH7812to thee with theirfaceאַפַּ֗יִם'a.Pa.yimH639toward the earthאֶ֚רֶץ'E.retzH776,and lick upיְלַחֵ֑כוּye.la.Che.khuH3897the dustוַעֲפַ֥רva.'a.FarH6083of thy feetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272;and thou shalt knowוְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ve.ya.Da.'atH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:for they shall not be ashamedיֵבֹ֖שׁוּye.Vo.shuH954that waitקוָֹֽי׃ סko.VaiH6960for me.

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