Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 32:1-8

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.

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