Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 14:1-12

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!

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