Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 57:12-15

12I will declareאַגִּ֖יד'a.GidH5046thy righteousnessצִדְקָתֵ֑ךְtzid.ka.TekhH6666,and thy worksמַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְma.'a.Sa.yikhH4639;for they shall not profitיוֹעִילֽוּךְ׃yo.'i.LukhH3276thee.

13When thou criestבְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙be.za.'a.keKhH2199,let thy companiesקִבּוּצַ֔יִךְki.bu.Tza.yikhH6899deliverיַצִּילֻ֣ךְya.tzi.LukhH5337thee; but the windר֖וּחַRu.achH7307shall carry them all awayיִשָּׂא־yi.sa'-H5375;vanityהָ֑בֶלHa.velH1892shall takeיִקַּח־yi.kach-H3947them:but he that putteth his trustוְהַחוֹסֶ֥הve.ha.cho.SehH2620in me shall possessיִנְחַל־yin.chal-H5157the landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,and shall inheritוְיִירַ֖שׁve.yi.RashH3423my holyקָדְשִֽׁי׃kod.shiH6944mountainהַר־har-H2022;

14And shall sayוְאָמַ֥רve.'a.MarH559,Cast ye upסֹֽלּוּ־so.lu-H5549,cast ye upסֹ֖לּוּSo.luH5549,prepareפַּנּוּ־pa.nu-H6437the wayדָ֑רֶךְDa.rekhH1870,take upהָרִ֥ימוּha.Ri.muH7311the stumblingblockמִכְשׁ֖וֹלmikh.SholH4383out of the wayמִדֶּ֥רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870of my peopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

15For thus saithאָמַ֜ר'a.MarH559the highרָ֣םramH7311and lofty Oneוְנִשָּׂ֗אve.ni.Sa'H5375that inhabitethשֹׁכֵ֥ןsho.KhenH7931eternityעַד֙'adH5703,whose nameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034isHolyוְקָד֣וֹשׁve.ka.Do.oshH6918;I dwellאֶשְׁכּ֑וֹן'esh.KonH7931in the highמָר֥וֹםma.RomH4791and holyוְקָד֖וֹשׁve.ka.Do.oshH6918place, with him also that isof a contriteדַּכָּא֙da.Ka'H1793and humbleוּשְׁפַל־u.she.fal-H8217spiritר֔וּחַRu.achH7307,to reviveלְהַחֲיוֹת֙le.ha.cha.yOtH2421the spiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7307of the humbleשְׁפָלִ֔יםshe.fa.LimH8217,and to reviveוּֽלְהַחֲי֖וֹתu.le.ha.cha.YotH2421the heartלֵ֥בlevH3820of the contrite onesנִדְכָּאִֽים׃nid.ka.'ImH1792.

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