Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 21:1-10

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853of thewildernessמִדְבַּר־mid.bar-H4057of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220. As whirlwinds in theSouthבַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ba.Ne.gevH5045sweepלַֽחֲלֹ֔ףla.cha.LofH2498throughבָּ֔אBa'H935, it cometh from thewildernessמִמִּדְבָּ֣רmi.mid.BarH4057, from a terriblelandמֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzH776.

2A grievousvisionחָז֥וּתcha.ZutH2380isdeclaredH5046untomeH5046; thetreacherousהַבּוֹגֵ֤ד׀ha.bo.GedH898dealer dealethtreacherouslyבּוֹגֵד֙bo.GedH898, and the spoiler spoileth.Goעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927upH5927, OElamעֵילָם֙'ei.LamH5867; besiege, OMediaמָדַ֔יma.DaiH4074;allH3605thesighingאַנְחָתָ֖ה'an.cha.TahH585thereof have ImadeH3605toceaseהִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃hish.Ba.tiH7673.

3Therefore are myloinsמָתְנַי֙ma.te.NaiH4975filledמָלְא֤וּmal.'UH4390withanguishחַלְחָלָ֔הchal.cha.LahH2479; pangs havetakenH270holdH270uponH5921meH5921, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am painedsoH3651that I cannothearמִשְּׁמֹ֔עַmi.she.Mo.a'H8085; I amdismayedנִבְהַ֖לְתִּיniv.Hal.tiH926soH3651that I cannotseeמֵרְאֽוֹת׃me.re.'otH7200.

4Myheartלְבָבִ֔יle.va.ViH3824panteth,horrorפַּלָּצ֖וּתpa.la.TzutH6427hath affrightedmeH7760: thetwilightנֶ֣שֶׁףNe.shefH5399that I desired hath beenturnedH7760intotremblingלַחֲרָדָֽה׃la.cha.ra.DahH2731untomeH7760.

5Theyprepareעָרֹ֧ךְ'a.RokhH6186thetableהַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ןha.shul.ChanH7979, theysetH6965the watch, theyeatאָכ֣וֹל'a.KholH398, theydrinkשָׁתֹ֑הsha.TohH8354:riseH6965upH6965, yeprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269,anointמִשְׁח֥וּmish.ChuH4886theshieldמָגֵֽן׃ פma.GenH4043.

6Forthusכֹ֥הkhohH3541hath theLordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136saidאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559untomeאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413, Go,setהַעֲמֵ֣דha.'a.MedH5975awatchmanהַֽמְצַפֶּ֔הham.tza.PehH6822;letH5046himdeclareH5046whatאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he seeth:

7and when he seeth a troop,horsemenפָּֽרָשִׁ֔יםpa.ra.ShimH6571inpairsצֶ֚מֶדTze.medH6776, a troop of asses, a troop ofcamelsגָּמָ֑לga.MalH1581, he shall hearken diligently withmuchרַב־rav-H7227heedוְהִקְשִׁ֥יבve.hik.ShivH7181.

8And hecriedוַיִּקְרָ֖אvai.yik.Ra'H7121as alionאַרְיֵ֑ה'ar.YehH738: OLordאֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.NaiH136, Istandעֹמֵ֤ד'o.MedH5975continuallyתָּמִיד֙ta.MidH8548uponH5921thewatchtowerמִצְפֶּ֣ה׀mitz.PehH4707in the day-time, and amsetנִצָּ֖בni.TzavH5324in my wardwholeכָּל־kol-H3605nightsהַלֵּילֽוֹת׃ha.lei.LotH3915:

9and,beholdH2009,hereH2009cometh atroopH376ofmenאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376,horsemenפָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571inpairsצֶ֖מֶדTze.medH6776. And heansweredH559andsaidH559,Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894isfallenנָפְלָ֤הna.fe.LahH5307, isfallenנָֽפְלָה֙na.fe.LahH5307; andallH3605thegravenH6456imagesH6456ofherH3605godsאֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430arebrokenשִׁבַּ֥רshi.BarH7665unto thegroundלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776.

10O thou mythreshingH1637, and the corn of myfloorגָּרְנִ֑יga.re.NiH1637: thatwhichH834I haveheardשָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085from theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, have Ideclaredהִגַּ֥דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiH5046untoyouH834.

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