Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 10:5-19

5Hoה֥וֹיHoH1945Assyrian, therodשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626of mineangerאַפִּ֑י'a.PiH639, thestaffוּמַטֶּה־u.ma.teh-H4294in whosehandבְיָדָ֖םve.ya.DamH3027is mineindignationזַעְמִֽי׃za'.MiH2195!

6I willsendאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּ'a.shal.le.Che.nuH7971himagainstH5921a profanenationבְּג֤וֹיbe.GoyH1471, andagainstH5921thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of mywrathעֶבְרָתִ֖י'ev.ra.TiH5678will IgiveH7760him achargeH5921, totakeH7760thespoilשָׁלָל֙sha.LalH7998, and totakeH7760thepreyבַּ֔זBazH957, and totreadH4823themdownH4823like the mire of thestreetsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351.

7Howbeit he meanethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808soכֵ֣ןkhenH3651,neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808doth hisheartוּלְבָב֖וֹu.le.va.VoH3824thinkH3824soכֵ֣ןkhenH3651; but it is in hisheartבִּלְבָב֔וֹbil.va.VoH3824todestroyלְהַשְׁמִ֣ידle.hash.MidH8045, and tocutוּלְהַכְרִ֥יתu.le.hakh.RitH3772offH3772nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471notלֹ֥אlo'H3808afewמְעָֽט׃me.'AtH4592.

8For he saith, Arenotהֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'H3808myprincesשָׂרַ֛יsa.RaiH8269allיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162of themkingsמְלָכִֽים׃me.la.KhimH4428?

9Isnotהֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'H3808Calno asCarchemishכְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁke.khar.ke.MishH3751? isnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808Hamathחֲמָ֔תcha.MatH2574asArpadכְאַרְפַּד֙khe.'ar.PadH774? isnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111asDamascusכְדַמֶּ֖שֶׂקkhe.da.Me.sekH1834?

10As myhandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027hathfoundמָצְאָ֣הma.tze.'AhH4672thekingdomsלְמַמְלְכֹ֖תle.mam.le.KhotH4467of theidolsהָאֱלִ֑ילha.'e.LilH457,whoseH834gravenH6456imagesH6456didH834excel them ofJerusalemמִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖םmi.ru.sha.LimH3389and ofSamariaוּמִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃u.mi.sho.me.RonH8111;

11shall Inotהֲלֹ֗אha.Lo'H3808, as I havedoneעָשִׂ֛יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213untoSamariaלְשֹׁמְר֖וֹןle.sho.me.RonH8111andherH3651idolsוְלֶאֱלִילֶ֑יהָve.le.'e.li.Lei.haH457,soכֵּ֛ןkenH3651doאֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה'e.'e.SehH6213toJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םli.ru.sha.LimH3389andherH3651idolsH457?

12Wherefore it shallcomeH1961topassH1961, that when theLordאֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.NaiH136hath performed hiswholeכָּל־kol-H3605workמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639uponH5921mountבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726and onJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389, I willpunishאֶפְקֹ֗ד'ef.KodH6485thefruitפְּרִי־pe.ri-H6529of the stoutheartלְבַ֣בle.VavH3824of thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, and thegloryתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597of his highlooksעֵינָֽיו׃'ei.NavH5869.

13For he hathsaidאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, By thestrengthבְּכֹ֤חַbe.Kho.achH3581of myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027I havedoneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213it, and by mywisdomוּבְחָכְמָתִ֖יu.ve.cha.khe.ma.TiH2451; for I amprudentנְבֻנ֑וֹתִיne.vu.No.tiH995: and I haveremovedוְאָסִ֣יר׀ve.'a.SirH5493the bounds of thepeoplesעַמִּ֗ים'a.MimH5971, and have robbed theirtreasuresH6264, and I havebroughtוְאוֹרִ֥ידve.'o.RidH3381downH3381as avaliantH47manH47them thatsitH3427onthronesH3427:

14and myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027hathfoundוַתִּמְצָ֨אva.tim.Tza'H4672as anestכַקֵּ֤ן׀kha.KenH7064therichesלְחֵ֣ילle.CheilH2428of thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971; and as one gatheretheggsבֵּיצִ֣יםbei.TzimH1000that are forsaken, have IgatheredH622allכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and there wasnoneוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808that moved thewingכָּנָ֔ףka.NafH3671, or thatopenedוּפֹצֶ֥הu.fo.TzehH6475themouthפֶ֖הfehH6310, orchirpedוּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃u.me.tzaf.TzefH6850.

15Shall theaxeהַגַּרְזֶ֔ןha.gar.ZenH1631boastH6286itselfH6286againstעַ֖ל'alH5921him that heweth therewith? shall thesawהַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ha.ma.sOrH4883magnifyיִתְגַּדֵּ֤לyit.ga.DelH1431itselfH6286againstעַל־'al-H5921him that shaketh it? asifH518arodשֵׁ֙בֶט֙she.vetH7626shouldshakeH5130them thatliftמְרִימָ֔יוme.ri.MavH7311itupH7311, or asifH518astaffמַטֶּ֖הma.TehH4294shouldliftכְּהָרִ֥יםke.ha.RimH7311upH7311him that isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808woodעֵֽץ׃'EtzH6086.

16Therefore shall theLordH3068, theLordH3068ofhostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,sendיְשַׁלַּ֨חye.sha.LachH7971among his fat ones leanness; andunderוְתַ֧חַתve.Ta.chatH8478hisgloryכְּבֹד֛וֹke.vo.DoH3519there shall bekindledH3344aburningיֵקַ֥דye.KadH3344like theburningH3344offireאֵֽשׁ׃'EshH784.

17And thelightאֽוֹר־'or-H216ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall be for afireלְאֵ֔שׁle.'EshH784, and hisHolyוּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹu.ke.do.ShoH6918One for aflameלְלֶהָבָ֑הle.le.ha.VahH3852: and it shallburnוּבָעֲרָ֗הu.va.'a.RahH1197anddevourוְאָֽכְלָ֛הve.'a.khe.LahH398histhornsH7898and hisbriersH7898in onedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

18And he shallconsumeיְכַלֶּ֑הye.kha.LehH3615thegloryוּכְב֤וֹדu.khe.VodH3519of hisforestיַעְרוֹ֙ya'.RoH3293, and of hisfruitfulH3759fieldH3759, bothsoulמִנֶּ֥פֶשׁmi.Ne.feshH5315andbodyבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320: and it shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

19And theremnantוּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'ArH7605of thetreesעֵ֛ץ'etzH6086of hisforestיַעְר֖וֹya'.RoH3293shall befewמִסְפָּ֣רmis.ParH4557, that achildוְנַ֖עַרve.Na.'arH5288maywriteיִכְתְּבֵֽם׃ פyikh.te.VemH3789them.

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