Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 16:1-5

1Sendשִׁלְחוּ־shil.chu-H7971ye thelambsכַ֥רkharH3733for therulerמֹשֵֽׁל־mo.shel-H4910of thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776fromSelaמִסֶּ֣לַעmi.Se.la'H5554whichH2022istowardאֶל־'el-H413thewildernessמִדְבָּ֑רָהmid.Ba.rahH4057, unto themountH2022of thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

2For it shall be that, as wanderingbirdsכְעוֹף־khe.'of-H5775, as ascatteredH7971nestקֵ֣ןkenH7064,soH7971shall thedaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתbe.NotH1323ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124be at the fords ofArnonלְאַרְנֽוֹן׃le.'ar.NonH769.

3GiveH935counselעֵצָה֙'e.TzahH6098, executejudgmentH935;makeעֲשׂ֣וּ'a.SuH6213thyshadowצִלֵּ֖ךְtzi.LekhH6738as thenightכַלַּ֛יִלkha.La.yilH3915in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of the noonday:hideסַתְּרִי֙sa.te.RiH5641theoutcastsנִדָּחִ֔יםni.da.ChimH5080; bewraynotאַל־'al-H408the wanderer.

4LetmineH4480outcastsנִדָּחַ֔יni.da.ChaiH5080dwellיָג֤וּרוּya.Gu.ruH1481with thee; as forMoabמוֹאָ֛בmo.'AvH4124, be thou a covert to him from thefaceמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the spoiler: for the extortioner isbroughtH3615to nought, spoiling ceaseth, theoppressorsרֹמֵ֖סro.MesH7429areconsumedH3615outH4480of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

5And athroneכִּסֵּ֔אki.Se'H3678shall beestablishedוְהוּכַ֤ןve.hu.KhanH3559in mercy, and one shallsitוְיָשַׁ֥בve.ya.ShavH3427thereonעָלָ֛יו'a.LavH5921intruthבֶּאֱמֶ֖תbe.'e.MetH571, in thetentבְּאֹ֣הֶלbe.'O.helH168ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732;judgingשֹׁפֵ֛טsho.FetH8199, andseekingוְדֹרֵ֥שׁve.do.ReshH1875judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941, and swift to dorighteousnessצֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekH6664.

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