Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 14

1For theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068will havecompassionיְרַחֵ֨םye.ra.ChemH7355onJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290, and will yetchooseוּבָחַ֥רu.va.CharH977Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andsetH3240them in their ownlandאַדְמָתָ֑ם'ad.ma.TamH127: and thestrangerהַגֵּר֙ha.GerH1616shalljoinוְנִלְוָ֤הve.nil.VahH3867himself with them, and they shall cleave to thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

2And thepeoplesעַמִּים֮'a.MimH5971shalltakeוּלְקָח֣וּםu.le.ka.ChumH3947them, andbringוֶהֱבִיא֣וּםve.he.vi.'UmH935them to theirplaceמְקוֹמָם֒me.ko.MamH4725: and thehouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478shallpossessוְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּםve.hit.na.cha.LumH5157them in thelandאַדְמַ֣ת'ad.MatH127of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068forservantsלַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.DimH5650and for handmaids: and they shalltakeH3947themcaptiveשֹׁבִ֣יםsho.VimH7617,whoseוְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹתve.lish.fa.ChotH8198captivesלְשֹֽׁבֵיהֶ֔םle.shoei.HemH7617they were; and they shallruleוְרָד֖וּve.ra.DuH7287over theiroppressorsבְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ סbe.no.ge.sei.HemH5065.

3And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961in thedayבְּי֨וֹםbe.YomH3117that theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068shallgiveH5117theerestהָנִ֤יחַha.Ni.achH5117from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from thehardהַקָּשָׁ֖הha.ka.ShahH7186serviceהָעֲבֹדָ֥הha.'a.vo.DahH5656whereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou wastmadeH1961toserveעֻבַּד־'u.bad-H5647,

4that thou shalttakeH5375upH5375thisparableהַמָּשָׁ֥לha.ma.ShalH4912againstעַל־'al-H5921thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894, andsayוְאָמָ֑רְתָּve.'a.Ma.re.taH559,Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349hath theoppressorנֹגֵ֔שׂno.GesH5065ceased! the golden city ceased!

5TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathbrokenשָׁבַ֥רsha.VarH7665thestaffמַטֵּ֣הma.TehH4294of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'ImH7563, the sceptre of therulersמֹשְׁלִֽים׃mo.she.LimH4910;

6thatsmoteמַכֶּ֤הma.KehH5221thepeoplesעַמִּים֙'a.MimH5971inwrathבְּעֶבְרָ֔הbe.'ev.RahH5678with a continual stroke, that ruled thenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471inangerבָאַף֙va.'AfH639, with apersecutionמֻרְדָּ֖ףmur.DafH4783that nonerestrainedחָשָֽׂךְ׃cha.SakhH2820.

7Thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776is atrestנָ֥חָהNa.chahH5117, and isquietשָׁקְטָ֖הsha.ke.TahH8252: theybreakH6476forthפָּצְח֖וּpa.tze.ChuH6476intoH776singingרִנָּֽה׃ri.NahH7440.

8Yea, thefirבְּרוֹשִׁ֛יםbe.ro.ShimH1265treesH1265rejoiceשָׂמְח֥וּsa.me.ChuH8055at thee, and thecedarsאַרְזֵ֣י'ar.ZeiH730ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844, saying,Sinceמֵאָ֣זme.'AzH227thou artlaidשָׁכַ֔בְתָּsha.Khav.taH7901downH7901,noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808feller iscomeH5927upH5927againstH5921usH5921.

9Hell frombeneathמִתַּ֛חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478ismovedרָגְזָ֥הra.ge.ZahH7264for thee tomeetH7125thee at thycomingבּוֹאֶ֑ךָbo.'E.khaH935: it stirrethupH6965thedeadרְפָאִים֙re.fa.'ImH7496for thee,evenH776allכָּל־kol-H3605the chief ones of theearthאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776; it hathraisedH6965upH6965from theirthronesמִכִּסְאוֹתָ֔םmi.kis.'o.TamH3678allכֹּ֖לkolH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of thenationsגוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

10AllH3605they shallanswerיַֽעֲנ֔וּya.'a.NuH6030andsayוְיֹאמְר֖וּve.yo.me.RuH559unto thee, Art thou also becomeweakH3605asweH3605? art thou become like untousH413?

11Thy pomp isbroughtH3381downהוּרַ֥דhu.RadH3381to hell, and the noise of thy viols: thewormרִמָּ֔הri.MahH7415isspreadיֻצַּ֣עyu.Tza'H3331underתַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙tach.Tei.khaH8478thee, andwormsתּוֹלֵעָֽה׃to.le.'AhH8438cover thee.

12Howאֵ֛יךְ'eikhH349art thoufallenH5307fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֖יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064, OdayH7837starהֵילֵ֣לhei.LelH1966,sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of themorningH7837!howH349art thoucutנִגְדַּ֣עְתָּnig.Da'.taH1438downH5307to thegroundלָאָ֔רֶץla.'A.retzH776,whichH1471didstlayH5307lowH776thenationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471!

13And thou saidst in thineheartבִֽלְבָבְךָ֙vil.va.ve.KhaH3824, I willascendH5927intoH5927heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, I willexaltאָרִ֣ים'a.RimH7311mythroneכִּסְאִ֑יkis.'IH3678aboveמִמַּ֥עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605thestarsלְכֽוֹכְבֵי־le.khokh.vei-H3556ofGodאֵ֖ל'elH410; and I willsitוְאֵשֵׁ֥בve.'e.ShevH3427uponH3427themountבְּהַר־be.har-H2022of congregation, in the uttermostpartsבְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.TeiH3411of thenorthצָפֽוֹן׃tza.FonH6828:

14I willascendאֶעֱלֶ֖ה'e.'e.LehH5927aboveעַל־'al-H5921theheightsH1116of thecloudsעָ֑ב'AvH5645; I will be like the MostHighבָּ֣מֳתֵיBo.mo.teiH1116.

15Yet thou shalt bebroughtH3381downתּוּרָ֖דtu.RadH3381to hell, to the uttermostpartsיַרְכְּתֵי־yar.ke.tei-H3411of thepitבֽוֹר׃VorH953.

16They thatseeרֹאֶ֙יךָ֙ro.'Ei.khaH7200thee shall narrowlylookH7200uponH413thee, they shallconsiderH7200thee, saying, Is this themanהָאִישׁ֙ha.'IshH376that made theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776totrembleמַרְגִּ֣יזmar.GizH7264, thatdidH376shakeמַרְעִ֖ישׁmar.'IshH7493kingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃mam.la.KhotH4467;

17thatmadeשָׂ֥םsamH7760theworldתֵּבֵ֛לte.VelH8398as awildernessכַּמִּדְבָּ֖רka.mid.BarH4057, andoverthrewהָרָ֑סha.RasH2040thecitiesוְעָרָ֣יוve.'a.RavH5892thereof; thatletH3808notH3808loose hisprisonersאֲסִירָ֖יו'a.si.RavH615to theirhomeבָּֽיְתָה׃Ba.ye.tahH1004?

18AllH3605thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of thenationsגוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471,allH3605of them,sleepשָׁכְב֥וּsha.khe.VuH7901ingloryבְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.VodH3519,everyH3605one in hisownאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376houseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

19But thou artcastH7993forthawayH7993from thy sepulchre like anabominableנִתְעָ֔בnit.'AvH8581branchכְּנֵ֣צֶרke.Ne.tzerH5342,clothedלְב֥וּשׁle.VushH3830with theslainהֲרֻגִ֖יםha.ru.GimH2026, that arethrustH3381throughאֶל־'el-H413with theswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719, thatgoיוֹרְדֵ֥יyor.DeiH3381downH3381to thestonesאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68of thepitב֖וֹרVorH953; as a carcasetroddenמוּבָֽס׃mu.VasH947under foot.

20Thou shaltnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808bejoinedאִתָּם֙'i.TamH854with them inburialבִּקְבוּרָ֔הbik.vu.RahH6900,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thou hastdestroyedשִׁחַ֖תָּshi.Cha.taH7843thylandאַרְצְךָ֥'ar.tze.KhaH776, thou hastslainהָרָ֑גְתָּha.Ra.ge.taH2026thypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971; theseedזֶ֥רַעZe.ra'H2233of evil-doers shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808benamedיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121foreverלְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769.

21Prepareהָכִ֧ינוּha.Khi.nuH3559yeslaughterמַטְבֵּ֖חַmat.Be.achH4293for hischildrenלְבָנָ֛יוle.va.NavH1121for theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771of theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1; that theyriseH6965notH776upH6965, andpossessוְיָ֣רְשׁוּve.Ya.re.shuH3423theearthאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776, andfillוּמָלְא֥וּu.mal.'UH4390thefaceפְנֵֽי־fe.nei-H6440of theworldתֵבֵ֖לte.VelH8398withcitiesעָרִֽים׃'a.RimH5892.

22And I willriseוְקַמְתִּ֣יve.kam.TiH6965upH6965againstעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.HemH5921them, saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, andcutוְהִכְרַתִּ֨יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772offH3772fromBabylonלְבָבֶ֜לle.va.VelH894nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034andremnantוּשְׁאָ֛רu.she.'ArH7605, and son and son’s son, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

23I will alsomakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760it apossessionלְמוֹרַ֥שׁle.mo.RashH4180for the porcupine, andpoolsוְאַגְמֵי־ve.'ag.mei-H98ofwaterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325: and I willsweepוְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ve.te.te.Ti.haH2894it with the besom ofdestructionהַשְׁמֵ֔דhash.MedH8045, saith theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otH6635.

24TheLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֛עnish.Ba'H7650,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Surelyאִם־'im-H518as I havethoughtH559,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651shall itcomeH1961topassH1961; and as I havepurposedיָעַ֖צְתִּיya.'Atz.tiH3289,soH3651shall itstandתָקֽוּם׃ta.KumH6965:

25that I willbreakלִשְׁבֹּ֤רlish.BorH7665the Assyrian in mylandבְּאַרְצִ֔יbe.'ar.TziH776, anduponH5921mymountainsהָרַ֖יha.RaiH2022treadאֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ'a.vu.Se.nuH947himunderH5921foot: then shall hisyokeעֻלּ֔וֹu.LoH5923departוְסָ֤רve.SarH5493fromoffH5921them, and hisburdenוְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹve.Su.bo.LoH5448departיָסֽוּר׃ya.SurH5493fromoffH5921theirshoulderשִׁכְמ֖וֹshikh.MoH7926.

26This is thepurposeהָעֵצָ֥הha.'e.TzahH6098that ispurposedהַיְּעוּצָ֖הhai.ye.'u.TzahH3289uponעַל־'al-H5921thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and this is thehandהַיָּ֥דhai.YadH3027that isstretchedהַנְּטוּיָ֖הha.ne.tu.YahH5186outH5186uponעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

27For theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathpurposedיָעָ֖ץya.'AtzH3289, and who shall disannul it? and hishandוְיָד֥וֹve.ya.DoH3027isstretchedהַנְּטוּיָ֖הha.ne.tu.YahH5186outH5186, and who shallturnיְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃ פye.shi.Ve.nahH7725itbackH7725?

28In theyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141thatkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָ֑ז'a.ChazH271diedמ֖וֹתMotH4194was thisburdenהַמַּשָּׂ֥אha.ma.Sa'H4853.

29Rejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִ֤יtis.me.ChiH8055notאַֽל־'al-H408, OPhilistiaפְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙fe.Le.shetH6429,allכֻּלֵּ֔ךְku.LekhH3605of thee,becauseH3588therodשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626thatsmoteמַכֵּ֑ךְma.KekhH5221thee isbrokenנִשְׁבַּ֖רnish.BarH7665: foroutH3318of theserpent’sH5175rootמִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁmi.Sho.reshH8328shallcomeH3318forthיֵ֣צֵאYe.tze'H3318a basilisk, and hisfruitוּפִרְי֖וֹu.fir.YoH6529shall be a fiery flyingserpentH5175.

30And thefirstbornבְּכוֹרֵ֣יbe.kho.ReiH1060of thepoorH34shallfeedוְרָעוּ֙ve.ra.'UH7462, and theneedyוְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםve.'ev.yo.NimH34shalllieיִרְבָּ֑צוּyir.Ba.tzuH7257downH7257insafetyלָבֶ֣טַחla.Ve.tachH983: and I willkillיַהֲרֹֽג׃ya.ha.RogH2026thyrootשָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְsha.re.ShekhH8328withfamineבָֽרָעָב֙va.ra.'AvH7458, and thyremnantוּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְu.she.'e.ri.TekhH7611shall beslainH2026.

31Howlהֵילִ֤ילִֽיhei.Li.liH3213, Ogateשַׁ֙עַר֙sha.'arH8179;cryזַֽעֲקִי־za.'a.ki-H2199, Ocityעִ֔יר'IrH5892; thou artmeltedנָמ֖וֹגna.MogH4127awayH4127, OPhilistiaפְּלֶ֣שֶׁתpe.Le.shetH6429,allכֻּלֵּ֑ךְku.LekhH3605of thee; for there cometh asmokeעָשָׁ֣ן'a.ShanH6227outH2199of thenorthמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828, andnoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369standeth aloof at his appointed times.

32Whatוּמַֽה־u.mah-H4100then shall oneanswerיַּעֲנֶ֖הya.'a.NehH6030themessengersמַלְאֲכֵי־mal.'a.khei-H4397of thenationג֑וֹיGoyH1471? That theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathfoundedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245Zionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726, and inherכִּ֤יkiH3588shall theafflictedעֲנִיֵּ֥י'a.ni.YeiH6041of hispeopleעַמּֽוֹ׃ סa.MoH5971takeיֶחֱס֖וּye.che.SuH2620refugeH2620.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14

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