Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 37:22-29

22this is thewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning him: Thevirginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726hathdespisedבָּזָ֨הba.ZahH959thee and laughed thee to scorn; thedaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389hathshakenהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128herעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218at thee.

23Whomמִ֤יmiH4310hast thou reproached andblasphemedוְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taH1442? andagainstH5921whomמִ֖יmiH4310hast thouexaltedהֲרִימ֣וֹתָהha.ri.Mo.tahH7311thyvoiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963andliftedוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375upH5375thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869onhighמָר֛וֹםma.RomH4791?evenאֶת־'et-H853againstH5921theHolyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918One ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

24By thyservantsעֲבָדֶיךָ֮'a.va.dei.KhaH5650hast thou reproached theLordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136, and hastsaidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, With themultitudeבְּרֹ֥בbe.RoH7230of mychariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393am Icomeוְאָבוֹא֙ve.'a.Vo'H935upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to theheightקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967of themountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022, to theinnermostH3411partsיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844; and I willcutוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772downH3772thetallH6967cedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof, and thechoiceמִבְחַ֣רmiv.CharH4005firH1265treesH1265thereof: and I willenterH935intoH935hisfarthestקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093heightH6967, theforestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293of hisfruitfulH3759fieldH3759.

25I have digged anddrunkוְשָׁתִ֣יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354waterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325, and with thesoleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of myfeetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471will Idryוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717upH8354allכֹּ֖לkolH3605theriversיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975ofEgyptמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

26Hast thounotהֲלֽוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085howH6213I havedoneH6213itlongH3117agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, andformedוִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it of ancienttimesH3117?nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258have IbroughtH935it topassH935, that thou shouldest be tolayוּתְהִ֗יu.te.HiH1961waste fencedcitiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoH935ruinousheapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

27Therefore theirinhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427were of smallpowerיָ֔דYadH3027, they weredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andconfoundedוָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuH954; they were as thegrassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682of thefieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and as thegreenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212, as thegrassH2682on thehousetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotH1406, and as afieldH7704of cornbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it begrownקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054upהָי֞וּha.YuH1961.

28But Iknowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thysittingH3427downוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427, and thygoingH3318outH3318, and thycomingוּבוֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935in, and thyragingהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413.

29Becauseיַ֚עַןYa.'anH3282of thyragingהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413, and for that thine arrogancy iscomeבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927intoH413mineearsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241, therefore will Iputוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760myhookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397in thynoseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639, and mybridleוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964in thylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193, and I willturnוַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725theebackH7725by thewayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870bywhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou camest.

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