Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 32

1Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005, akingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428shallreignיִמְלָךְ־yim.lokh-H4427inrighteousnessלְצֶ֖דֶקle.Tze.dekH6664, andprincesוּלְשָׂרִ֖יםu.le.sa.RimH8269shallruleיָשֹֽׂרוּ׃ya.So.ruH8323injudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֥טle.mish.PatH4941.

2And amanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376shall be as anhidingוְסֵ֣תֶרve.Se.terH5643placeH1961from thewindר֖וּחַRu.achH7307, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers ofwaterמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325in adryבְּצָי֔וֹןbe.tza.YonH6724placeH1961, as theshadowכְּצֵ֥לke.TzelH6738of agreatכָּבֵ֖דka.VedH3515rockסֶֽלַע־se.la'-H5553in awearyעֲיֵפָֽה׃'a.ye.FahH5889landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776.

3And theeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869of them thatseeרֹאִ֑יםro.'ImH7200shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808be dim, and theearsוְאָזְנֵ֥יve.'a.ze.NeiH241of them thathearשֹׁמְעִ֖יםsho.me.'ImH8085shall hearken.

4Theheartוּלְבַ֥בu.le.VavH3824also of the rash shallunderstandיָבִ֣יןya.VinH995knowledgeH3045, and thetongueוּלְשׁ֣וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of thestammerersעִלְּגִ֔ים'i.le.GimH5926shall be ready tospeakלְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.BerH1696plainly.

5The vile person shall benoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808moreע֛וֹדodH5750calledיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121liberal,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808the churlsaidיֵֽאָמֵ֖רye.'a.MerH559to be bountiful.

6For the vilepersonH5315willspeakיְדַבֵּ֔רye.da.BerH1696villany, and hisheartוְלִבּ֖וֹve.li.BoH3820will workiniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205, to practise profaneness, and toutterוּלְדַבֵּ֤רu.le.da.BerH1696errorתּוֹעָ֔הto.'AhH8442againstאֶל־'el-H413theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, tomakeH6213emptyיַחְסִֽיר׃yach.SirH2637thesoulH5315of thehungryרָעֵ֔בra.'EvH7457, and to cause the drink of thethirstyצָמֵ֖אtza.Me'H6771to fail.

7Theinstrumentsכֵּלָ֣יוke.LavH3627also of the churl areevilרָעִ֑יםra.'ImH7451: he devisethwickedH7451devices to destroy the meek withlyingשֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerH8267wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561,evenH34when theneedyאֶבְי֖וֹן'ev.YonH34speakethrightמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.

8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall hecontinueיָקֽוּם׃ פya.KumH6965.

9RiseH6965upH6965, yewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802that are ateaseשַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹתsha.'a.na.NotH7600, andhearשְׁמַ֣עְנָהshe.Ma'.nahH8085myvoiceקוֹלִ֑יko.LiH6963; yecarelessבֹּֽטח֔וֹתbo.t.ChotH982daughtersבָּנוֹת֙ba.nOtH1323,giveהַאְזֵ֖נָּהha'.Ze.nahH238earH238unto my speech.

10Fordaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117beyondעַל־'al-H5921ayearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141shall ye betroubledתִּרְגַּ֖זְנָהtir.Gaz.nahH7264, yecarelessבֹּֽטְח֑וֹתbo.te.ChotH982women: for thevintageבָצִ֔ירva.TzirH1210shallfailכָּלָ֣הka.LahH3615, the ingathering shallnotכִּ֚יkiH3588comeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935.

11TrembleH7264, ye women that are ateaseשַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹתsha.'a.na.NotH7600; betroubledH7264, yecarelessבֹּֽטְח֑וֹתbo.te.ChotH982ones:stripפְּשֹׁ֣טָֽהpe.Sho.tahH6584youH5921, andmakeחִרְדוּ֙chir.DuH2729youH5921bare, andgirdוַחֲג֖וֹרָהva.cha.Go.rahH2296sackclothuponH5921yourloinsחֲלָצָֽיִם׃cha.la.Tza.yimH2504.

12They shall smiteuponH5921thebreastsשָׁדַ֖יִםsha.Da.yimH7699for thepleasantחֶ֕מֶדChe.medH2531fieldsשְׂדֵי־se.dei-H7704, for thefruitfulפֹּרִיָּֽה׃po.ri.YahH6509vineגֶּ֖פֶןGe.fenH1612.

13Uponעַ֚ל'alH5921thelandאַדְמַ֣ת'ad.MatH127of mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971shallcomeH5927upH5927thornsק֥וֹץKotzH6975and briers;yeaכִּ֚יkiH3588,uponעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605thehousesבָּתֵּ֣יba.TeiH1004ofjoyמָשׂ֔וֹשׂma.SosH4885in the joyouscityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151:

14For thepalaceאַרְמ֣וֹן'ar.MonH759shall beforsakenנֻטָּ֔שׁnu.TashH5203; the populouscityעִ֖יר'irH5892shall bedesertedעֻזָּ֑ב'u.ZavH5800; thehillעֹ֣פֶל'O.felH6076and thewatch-towerוָבַ֜חַןva.Va.chanH975shall be for dens foreverעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769, ajoyמְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.SosH4885ofwildפְּרָאִ֖יםpe.ra.'ImH6501asses, apastureמִרְעֵ֥הmir.'EhH4829offlocksעֲדָרִֽים׃'a.da.RimH5739;

15untilעַד־'ad-H5704thespiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307bepouredיֵ֨עָרֶ֥הye.'a.RehH6168uponH5921usH5921from onhighמִמָּר֑וֹםmi.ma.RomH4791, and thewildernessמִדְבָּר֙mid.BarH4057becomeוְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961afruitfulH3759fieldH3759, and thefruitfulH3759fieldH3759becountedיֵחָשֵֽׁב׃ye.cha.ShevH2803for aforestלַיַּ֥עַרlai.Ya.'arH3293.

16Thenjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941shalldwellH3427in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba.mid.BarH4057, andrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666shallabideH3427in thefruitfulH3759fieldH3759.

17And theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639ofrighteousnessהַצְּדָקָ֖הha.tze.da.KahH6666shall bepeaceשָׁל֑וֹםsha.LomH7965; and the effect ofrighteousnessהַצְּדָקָ֔הha.tze.da.KahH6666quietnessהַשְׁקֵ֥טhash.KetH8252andconfidenceוָבֶ֖טַחva.Ve.tachH983foreverעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

18And mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971shallabideוְיָשַׁ֥בve.ya.ShavH3427in a peaceable habitation, and in suredwellingsוּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙u.ve.mish.ke.nOtH4908, and inquietH4496restingוּבִמְנוּחֹ֖תu.vim.nu.ChotH4496placesH4908.

19But it shallhailוּבָרַ֖דu.va.RadH1258, in the downfall of theforestהַיָּ֑עַרhai.Ya.'arH3293; and thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892shall beutterlyוּבַשִּׁפְלָ֖הu.va.shif.LahH8218laidH8213lowתִּשְׁפַּ֥לtish.PalH8213.

20Blessedאַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם'ash.rei.KhemH835are ye thatsowזֹרְעֵ֖יzo.re.'EiH2232besideעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605watersמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325, thatsendH7971forthH7971thefeetרֶֽגֶל־re.gel-H7272of theoxהַשּׁ֖וֹרha.ShorH7794and the ass.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain