Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 23

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853ofTyreצֹ֑רTzorH6865.Howlהֵילִ֣ילוּ׀hei.Li.luH3213, yeshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishH8659; for it islaidH1540wasteשֻׁדַּ֤דshu.DadH7703,soH935that there is nohouseמִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitH1004, noenteringH935in: from thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofKittimכִּתִּ֖יםki.TimH3794it isrevealedנִגְלָה־nig.lah-H1540to them.

2BestillH3427, yeinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of the isle; thou whom themerchantsסֹחֵ֥רso.CherH5503of Zidon, thatpassעֹבֵ֥ר'o.VerH5674over theseaיָ֖םyamH3220, have replenished.

3And ongreatרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227watersוּבְמַ֤יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325theseedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233ofShihorשִׁחֹ֔רshi.ChorH7883, theharvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105of theNileיְא֖וֹרye.'orH2975, washerוַתְּהִ֖יva.te.HiH1961revenueתְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּte.vu.'a.TahH8393; and she was the mart ofnationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

4Be thouashamedבּ֣וֹשִׁיBo.o.shiH954, O Zidon: for theseaיָ֔םYamH3220hathspokenאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, thestrongמָע֥וֹזma.'ozH4581hold of theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220;sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, I havenotH3808travailed,norH3808broughtH3205forthH3205,neitherH3808have I nourishedyoungבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970menH970,norH3808broughtH3205upרוֹמַ֥מְתִּיro.Mam.tiH7311virginsבְתוּלֽוֹת׃ve.tu.LotH1330.

5When thereportשֵׁ֖מַעShe.ma'H8088cometh toEgyptלְמִצְרָ֑יִםle.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, they shall be sorely pained at thereportכְּשֵׁ֥מַעke.She.ma'H8088ofTyreצֹֽר׃TzorH6865.

6Passעִבְר֖וּ'iv.RuH5674ye over toTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtar.Shi.shahH8659;howlהֵילִ֖ילוּhei.Li.luH3213, yeinhabitantsיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of the isle.

7Is this your joyouscityH6927, whoseantiquityH6927is of ancientdaysמִֽימֵי־mi.mei-H3117, whosefeetרַגְלֶ֔יהָrag.Lei.haH7272carriedיֹבִל֣וּהָyoi.Lu.haH2986herH3117afarH7350offH7350to sojourn?

8Who hathpurposedיָעַ֣ץya.'AtzH3289thisagainstעַל־'al-H5921Tyreצֹ֖רtzorH6865, the crowning city,whoseH834merchantsסֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙so.cha.ReihH5503areprincesשָׂרִ֔יםsa.RimH8269,whoseH834traffickers are the honourable of theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776?

9TheLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathpurposedיְעָצָ֑הּye.'a.TzahH3289it, to stain theprideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347ofallכָּל־kol-H3605gloryנִכְבַּדֵּי־nikh.ba.dei-H3513, to bringintoH776contemptלְהָקֵ֖לle.ha.KelH7043allכָּל־kol-H3605the honourable of theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

10Passעִבְרִ֥י'iv.RiH5674throughH5674thylandאַרְצֵ֖ךְ'ar.TzekhH776as theNileכַּיְאֹ֑רkay.'OrH2975, Odaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁtar.ShishH8659; there isnoאֵ֖ין'einH369girdleaboutH776theeanyH5750moreH5750.

11He hathstretchedנָטָ֣הna.TahH5186outH5186hishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027over theseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220, he hath shaken thekingdomsמַמְלָכ֑וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467: theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathgivenH6680commandmentH6680concerningCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667, todestroyלַשְׁמִ֖דlash.MidH8045thestrongמָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃ma.'uz.Nei.haH4581holds thereof.

12And hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thou shaltnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808moreע֖וֹדodH5750rejoiceלַעְל֑וֹזla'.LozH5937, O thouoppressedהַֽמְעֻשָּׁקָ֞הham.'u.sha.KahH6231virginבְּתוּלַ֣תbe.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zidon:ariseק֣וּמִיKu.miH6965,passעֲבֹ֔רִי'a.Vo.riH5674over toKittimכִּתִּים֙ki.ti.yimH3794;evenגַּם־gam-H1571there shalt thou havenoלֹא־lo'-H3808restיָנ֥וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117.

13Beholdהֵ֣ן׀henH2005, thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.DimH3778; thispeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971isnoH3808moreH3808; the Assyrian hathappointedH7760it for the beasts of the wilderness: theysetH7760upהֵקִ֣ימוּhe.Ki.muH6965theirtowersH759, they overthrew thepalacesH759thereof; hemadeH7760it a ruin.

14Howlהֵילִ֖ילוּhei.Li.luH3213, yeshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.ShishH8659: for yourstrongמָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סma.'u.ze.KhenH4581hold is laidwasteשֻׁדַּ֖דshu.DadH7703.

15And it shallcomeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961topassיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, thatTyreצֹר֙tzorH6865shall beforgottenוְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַתve.nish.Ka.chatH7911seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141, according to thedaysכִּימֵ֖יki.MeiH3117of onekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428:afterH7093theendמִקֵּ֞ץmi.KetzH7093ofseventyשִׁבְעִ֤יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141it shall be untoTyreלְצֹ֔רle.TzorH6865as in thesongכְּשִׁירַ֖תke.shi.RatH7892of theharlotהַזּוֹנָֽה׃ha.zo.NahH2181.

16Takeקְחִ֥יke.ChiH3947anharpכִנּ֛וֹרkhi.NorH3658,goסֹ֥בִּיSo.biH5437aboutH5437thecityעִ֖יר'irH5892, thouharlotזוֹנָ֣הzo.NahH2181that hast beenforgottenנִשְׁכָּחָ֑הnish.ka.ChahH7911;makeH2142sweet melody, singmanyהַרְבִּי־har.bi-H7235songsשִׁ֔ירShirH7892, that thou mayest berememberedתִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ti.za.Khe.riH2142.

17And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961afterH5921theendמִקֵּ֣ץ׀mi.KetzH7093ofseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141, that theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068willvisitיִפְקֹ֤דyif.KodH6485Tyreצֹ֔רTzorH6865, andsheH6440shallreturnוְשָׁבָ֖הve.sha.VahH7725toherH3605hireלְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הle.'et.na.NahH868, and shallplayH2181theharlotH2181withallH3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theworldH776uponH5921thefaceH6440of theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

18AndherH398merchandiseסַחְרָ֜הּsach.RahH5504andherH398hireוְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּve.'et.na.NahH868shall beholinessקֹ֚דֶשׁKo.deshH6944to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068: it shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808be treasurednorוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808laidיֵֽאָצֵ֖רye.'a.TzerH686upH398; forherH398merchandiseסַחְרָ֔הּsach.RahH5504shall be for them thatdwellלַיֹּשְׁבִ֞יםlai.yo.she.VimH3427beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, toeatלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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