Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 24:1-8

1Beholdהִנֵּ֧הhi.NehH2009, theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068maketh theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776empty, and maketh itwasteוּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּu.Vol.KahH1110, and turneth it upsidedownH3427, and scattereth abroad theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof.

2And it shall be, as with thepeopleכָעָם֙kha.'AmH5971,soH1961with thepriestכַּכֹּהֵ֔ןka.ko.HenH3548; as with theservantכַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ka.'E.vedH5650,soH1961with hismasterכַּֽאדֹנָ֔יוka.do.NavH113; as with themaidכַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הka.shif.ChahH8198,soH1961withherH1961mistressכַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּka.ge.vir.TahH1404; as with thebuyerכַּקּוֹנֶה֙ka.ko.NehH7069,soH1961with thesellerכַּמּוֹכֵ֔רka.mo.KherH4376; as with the lender,soH1961with the borrower; as with the taker of usury,soH1961with the giver of usury to him.

3Theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696thiswordהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

4Theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mourneth and fadethawayH535, theworldתֵּבֵ֑לte.VelH8398languisheth and fadethawayH535, theloftyמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791peopleעַם־'am-H5971of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776dolanguishH535.

5Theearthוְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776also ispollutedחָנְפָ֖הcha.ne.FahH2610underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof;becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588they have transgressed thelawsתוֹרֹת֙to.RotH8451,changedחָ֣לְפוּChal.fuH2498theordinanceחֹ֔קChokH2706,brokenהֵפֵ֖רוּhe.Fe.ruH6565theeverlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.

6Therefore hath thecurseאָלָה֙'a.LahH423devouredאָ֣כְלָה'A.khe.lahH398theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, and they thatdwellיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427therein arefoundH816guiltyוַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּvai.ye'.she.MuH816: therefore theinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776areburnedחָרוּ֙cha.RuH2787, andfewמִזְעָֽר׃miz.'ArH4213menאֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582leftוְנִשְׁאַ֥רve.nish.'ArH7604.

7Thenewתִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492mourneth, thevineגָ֑פֶןGa.fenH1612languisheth,allH3605the merryhearteddoH3605sighנֶאֶנְח֖וּne.'en.ChuH584.

8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, thenoiseשְׁא֣וֹןshe.'onH7588of them thatrejoiceמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885endeth, thejoyמְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.SosH4885of theharpכִּנּֽוֹר׃ki.NorH3658ceaseth.

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