Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 13

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894,whichH834Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAmozאָמֽוֹץ׃'a.MotzH531didH834seeחָזָ֔הcha.ZahH2372.

2SetH935yeupH5375an ensignuponעַ֤ל'alH5921thebareנִשְׁפֶּה֙nish.PehH8192mountainהַר־har-H2022,liftשְֽׂאוּ־se.'u-H5375upH5375thevoiceק֖וֹלKolH6963unto them,waveהָנִ֣יפוּha.Ni.fuH5130thehandיָ֔דYadH3027, that they maygoוְיָבֹ֖אוּve.ya.Vo.'uH935intoH935thegatesפִּתְחֵ֥יpit.CheiH6607of thenoblesנְדִיבִֽים׃ne.di.VimH5081.

3I havecommandedצִוֵּ֖יתִיtzi.Vei.tiH6680myconsecratedלִמְקֻדָּשָׁ֑יlim.ku.da.ShaiH6942onesH1368, yea, I havecalledקָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121mymightyH1368menH1368for mineangerלְאַפִּ֔יle.'a.PiH639,evenגַּ֣םgamH1571myproudlyגַּאֲוָתִֽי׃ga.'a.va.TiH1346exultingעַלִּיזֵ֖י'a.li.ZeiH5947onesH1368.

4Thenoiseק֥וֹלKolH6963of amultitudeH1995in themountainsבֶּֽהָרִ֖יםbe.ha.RimH2022, like as of agreatרָ֑בRavH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971! thenoiseק֠וֹלKolH6963of atumultהָמ֛וֹןha.MonH1995of thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֤וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471gatheredנֶֽאֱסָפִ֔יםne.'e.sa.FimH622togetherH622! theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635mustereth thehostצְבָ֥אtze.Va'H6635for thebattleמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421.

5Theycomeבָּאִ֛יםba.'ImH935from afarמֶרְחָ֖קmer.ChakH4801countryH776, from the uttermost part ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,evenH776theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, and theweaponsוּכְלֵ֣יu.khe.LeiH3627of hisindignationזַעְמ֔וֹza'.MoH2195, todestroyH3605thewholeH3605landH776.

6Howlהֵילִ֕ילוּhei.Li.luH3213ye; for thedayי֣וֹםYomH3117of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068is athandקָר֖וֹבka.RovH7138; asdestructionכְּשֹׁ֖דke.ShodH7701from theAlmightyמִשַּׁדַּ֥יmi.sha.DaiH7706shall itcomeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935.

7Therefore shallallכָּל־kol-H3605handsיָדַ֣יִםya.Da.yimH3027befeebleתִּרְפֶּ֑ינָהtir.Pei.nahH7503, andeveryוְכָל־ve.kholH3605heartלְבַ֥בle.VavH3824ofmanאֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582shallmeltיִמָּס׃yi.MasH4549:

8and they shall bedismayedוְֽנִבְהָ֓לוּ׀ve.niv.Ha.luH926; pangs and sorrows shalltakeH270holdH270of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall beamazedיִתְמָ֔הוּyit.Ma.huH8539one atanotherרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453; theirfacesפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440shall befacesפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃pe.nei.HemH6440offlameלְהָבִ֖יםle.ha.VimH3851.

9Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, thedayיוֹם־yom-H3117of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cometh,cruelאַכְזָרִ֥י'akh.za.RiH394, withwrathוְעֶבְרָ֖הve.'ev.RahH5678andfierceוַחֲר֣וֹןva.cha.RonH2740angerאָ֑ף'AfH639; tomakeלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.MahH8047, and todestroyיַשְׁמִ֥ידyash.MidH8045thesinnersוְחַטָּאֶ֖יהָve.cha.ta.'Ei.haH2400thereofoutמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480of it.

10For thestarsכוֹכְבֵ֤יkhokh.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and theconstellationsוּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔םu.khe.Si.lei.HemH3685thereof shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808give theirlightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216: thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121shall bedarkenedחָשַׁ֤ךְcha.ShakhH2821in hisgoingH3318forthבְּצֵאת֔וֹbe.tze.ToH3318, and themoonוְיָרֵ֖חַve.ya.Re.achH3394shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808causeherכִּֽי־ki-H3588lightאוֹרֽוֹ׃'o.RoH216toshineיַגִּ֥יהַya.Gi.haH5050.

11And I willpunishוּפָקַדְתִּ֤יu.fa.kad.TiH6485theworldתֵּבֵל֙te.VelH8398for theirevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451, and thewickedרְשָׁעִ֖יםre.sha.'ImH7563for theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֑ם'a.vo.NamH5771; and I will cause the arrogancy of theproudזֵדִ֔יםze.DimH2086toceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ve.hish.ba.TiH7673, and willlayH8213lowאַשְׁפִּֽיל׃'ash.PilH8213thehaughtinessוְגַאֲוַ֥תve.ga.'a.VatH1346of theterribleH7451.

12I willmakeאוֹקִ֥יר'o.KirH3365amanH120more rare thanfineH6337goldמִכֶּ֥תֶםmi.Ke.temH3800, even amanH120than thepureמִפָּ֑זmi.PazH6337goldH3800ofOphirאוֹפִֽיר׃'o.FirH211.

13Therefore I will make theheavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064totrembleאַרְגִּ֔יז'ar.GizH7264, and theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall beshakenוְתִרְעַ֥שׁve.tir.'AshH7493outH5921ofherH5921placeמִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּmi.me.ko.MahH4725, in thewrathבְּעֶבְרַת֙be.'ev.RatH5678of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, and in thedayוּבְי֖וֹםu.ve.YomH3117of hisfierceחֲר֥וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּֽוֹ׃'a.PoH639.

14And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961, that as the chased roe, and assheepוּכְצֹ֖אןu.khe.TzonH6629thatnoוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369manH376gathereth, they shallturnיִפְנ֔וּyif.NuH6437everyH376manH376to hisownH1961peopleעַמּוֹ֙a.MoH5971, and shallfleeיָנֽוּסוּ׃ya.Nu.suH5127everyH376manH376to hisownH1961landאַרְצ֖וֹ'ar.TzoH776.

15Everyכָּל־kol-H3605one that isfoundH4672shall bethrustH1856throughH1856; andeveryוְכָל־ve.kholH3605one that istakenH4672shallfallיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307by theswordבֶּחָֽרֶב׃be.Cha.revH2719.

16Theirinfantsוְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥םve.'o.le.lei.HemH5768also shall bedashedיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.ShuH7376inpiecesH7376beforeH5869theireyesלְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םle.'ei.nei.HemH5869; theirhousesבָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔םba.tei.HemH1004shall be spoiled, and theirwivesוּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ne.shei.HemH802ravishedH7693.

17Beholdהִנְנִ֛יhi.NiH2005, I willstirמֵעִ֥ירme.'IrH5782upH5921theMedesמָדָ֑יma.DaiH4074againstH5921them,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808regardH5921silverכֶּ֙סֶף֙ke.sefH3701, and as forgoldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091, they shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808delightיַחְפְּצוּ־yach.pe.tzu-H2654in it.

18And theirbowsוּקְשָׁת֖וֹתu.ke.sha.TotH7198shalldashתְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָהte.ra.Tash.nahH7376theyoungH5288menH5288inpiecesH7376; and they shall havenoלֹ֣אlo'H3808pityתָח֥וּסta.ChusH2347on thefruitוּפְרִי־u.fe.ri-H6529of thewombבֶ֙טֶן֙ve.tenH990; theireyeעֵינָֽם׃'ei.NamH5869shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808spareH2347childrenבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121.

19AndBabylonבָבֶל֙va.VelH894, thegloryH8597ofkingdomsמַמְלָכ֔וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467, thebeautyH8597of theChaldeans’כַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778prideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347, shall be as whenGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430overthrewכְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114Sodomסְדֹ֖םse.DomH5467andGomorrahעֲמֹרָֽה׃'a.mo.RahH6017.

20It shallneverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808beinhabitedH3427,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shall it bedweltH3427in fromgenerationדּ֣וֹרDorH1755togenerationוָד֑וֹרva.DorH1755:neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall the ArabianpitchH167tentיַהֵ֥לya.HelH167there;neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808shallshepherdsוְרֹעִ֖יםve.ro.'ImH7462make their flocks tolieיַרְבִּ֥צוּyar.Bi.tzuH7257downH3427there.

21But wild beasts of the desert shalllieוְרָבְצוּ־ve.ra.ve.tzu-H7257there; and theirhousesבָתֵּיהֶ֖םva.tei.HemH1004shall befullוּמָלְא֥וּu.mal.'UH4390of doleful creatures; andostrichesיַֽעֲנָ֔הya.'a.NahH3284shalldwellוְשָׁ֤כְנוּve.Sha.khe.nuH7931there, and satyrs shalldanceיְרַקְּדוּ־ye.ra.ke.du-H7540there.

22Andwolvesאִיִּים֙'i.YimH338shall cry in their castles, andjackalsוְתַנִּ֖יםve.ta.NimH8577in the pleasantpalacesבְּהֵ֣יכְלֵיbe.Hei.khe.leiH1964: andherH935time isnearוְקָר֤וֹבve.ka.RovH7138tocomeH935, andherH935daysוְיָמֶ֖יהָve.ya.Mei.haH3117shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808beprolongedיִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ׃yi.ma.She.khuH4900.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13

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