Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 13:17-22

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.

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