Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 28:14-22

14Whereforehearשִׁמְע֥וּshim.'UH8085thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, yescornfulלָצ֑וֹןla.TzonH3944menH376, thatruleמֹֽשְׁלֵי֙mo.she.LeiH4910thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834is inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389:

15BecauseH3588ye havesaidאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם'a.mar.TemH559,WeH3588havemadeH6213acovenantבְרִית֙ve.RitH1285withdeathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194, and with hell areweH3588atagreementH1285; when theoverflowingשׁוֹטֵ֤ףsho.TefH7857scourge shallpassיַֽעֲבֹר֙a.varH5674throughH5674, it shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808comeיְבוֹאֵ֔נוּye.vo.'E.nuH935untousH3588; forweH3588havemadeH6213liesH8267ourrefugeמַחְסֵ֖נוּmach.Se.nuH4268, andunderH935falsehoodH8267haveweH3588hidנִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃ סnis.Ta.re.nuH5641ourselves:

16thereforethusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,Beholdהִנְנִ֛יhi.NiH2005, IlayH3245inZionבְּצִיּ֖וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726for afoundationH3245astoneאָ֑בֶן'A.venH68, a triedstoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68, apreciousיִקְרַת֙yik.RatH3368cornerפִּנַּ֤תpi.NatH6438stoneH68ofsureהַֽמַּאֲמִ֖יןha.ma.'a.MinH539foundationH3245: he that believeth shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808makeH3245haste.

17And I willmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.TiH7760judgmentמִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatH4941the line, andrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666theplummetלְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶתle.mish.Ka.letH4949: and thehailבָרָד֙va.RadH1259shallsweepוְיָעָ֤הve.ya.'AhH3261awayH7857therefugeמַחְסֵ֣הmach.SehH4268ofliesכָזָ֔בkha.ZavH3577, and thewatersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325shalloverflowיִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃yish.To.fuH7857thehidingוְסֵ֥תֶרve.Se.terH5643placeH7760.

18And yourcovenantבְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙be.ri.te.KhemH1285withdeathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194shall be disannulled, and youragreementH1285with hell shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808standתָק֑וּםta.KumH6965; when theoverflowingשׁוֹטֵף֙sho.TefH7857scourgeשׁ֤וֹטShotH7752shallpassיַֽעֲבֹ֔רya.'a.VorH5674throughH5674, then ye shall be troddendownלְמִרְמָֽס׃le.mir.MasH4823by it.

19Asoftenמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767as it passeththroughH5674, it shalltakeיִקַּ֣חyi.KachH3947youכִּֽי־ki-H3588; formorningבַבֹּ֧קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242bymorningבַּבֹּ֛קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242shall itpassH5674throughH5674, bydayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117and bynightוּבַלָּ֑יְלָהu.va.La.ye.lahH3915: and it shall be nought butterrorזְוָעָ֖הze.va.'AhH2113tounderstandהָבִ֥יןha.VinH995themessageשְׁמוּעָֽה׃she.mu.'AhH8052.

20For thebedהַמַּצָּ֖עha.ma.Tza'H4702is shorterthanH3588that a man canstretchמֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַme.his.ta.Re.a'H8311himself on it; and thecoveringוְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥הve.ham.ma.se.KhahH4541narrowerקָצַ֥רka.TzarH7114thanH3588that he canwrapכְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃ke.hit.ka.NesH3664himself in it.

21For theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068shallriseH6965upH6965as inmountכְהַר־khe.har-H2022Perazimפְּרָצִים֙pe.ra.TzimH6559, he shall be wroth as in thevalleyכְּעֵ֖מֶקke.'E.mekH6010ofGibeonבְּגִבְע֣וֹןbe.giv.'onH1391; that he maydoH6213hisworkמַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ma.'a.Se.huH4639, hisstrangeזָ֣רzarH2114workמַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639, and bring topassH6965hisactH6213, hisstrangeH2114actH6213.

22Nowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258therefore be yenotאַל־'al-H408scorners,lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435yourbandsמֽוֹסְרֵיכֶ֑םmos.rei.KhemH4147bemadeH2388strongיֶחְזְק֖וּyech.ze.KuH2388: for a consummation, and thatdeterminedוְנֶחֱרָצָ֜הve.ne.che.ra.TzahH2782, have Iheardשָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085from theLordאֲדֹנָ֧י'a.do.NaiH136, theLORDH136ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,uponעַל־'al-H5921thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

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