Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 40:1-11

1Comfortנַחֲמ֥וּna.cha.MuH5162ye,comfortנַחֲמ֖וּna.cha.MuH5162ye mypeopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971, saith yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

2Speakדַּבְּר֞וּda.be.RuH1696ye comfortably toJerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389, andcryוְקִרְא֣וּve.kir.'UH7121untoherH3605, thatherH3605warfareצְבָאָ֔הּtze.va.'AhH6635isaccomplishedמָֽלְאָה֙mal.'AhH4390, thatherH3605iniquityעֲוֹנָ֑הּ'a.vo.NahH5771is pardoned; thatsheH3588hathreceivedלָקְחָה֙la.ke.ChahH3947of theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068handמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027doubleכִּפְלַ֖יִםkif.La.yimH3718forallH3605herH3605sinsחַטֹּאתֶֽיהָ׃ סcha.to.Tei.haH2403.

3Thevoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963of one that crieth,Prepareפַּנּ֖וּpa.NuH6437ye in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֕רba.mid.BarH4057thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,makeיַשְּׁרוּ֙ya.she.RuH3474straightH3474in thedesertבָּעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160ahighwayמְסִלָּ֖הme.si.LahH4546for ourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430.

4EveryH3605valleyגֶּיא֙gei'H1516shall beexaltedיִנָּשֵׂ֔אyi.na.Se'H5375, andeveryH3605mountainהַ֥רharH2022andhillH2022shall bemadeH1961lowיִשְׁפָּ֑לוּyish.Pa.luH8213: and the crooked shall bemadeH1961straight, and the roughplacesH3605plainלְמִישׁ֔וֹרle.mi.ShorH4334:

5and thegloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068shall berevealedוְנִגְלָ֖הve.nig.LahH1540, andallכָל־khol-H3605fleshבָּשָׂר֙ba.SarH1320shallseeוְרָא֤וּve.ra.'UH7200ittogetherיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162: for themouthפִּ֥יpiH6310of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֵּֽר׃ סdi.BerH1696it.

6Thevoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963of onesayingאֹמֵ֣ר'o.MerH559,Cryקְרָ֔אke.Ra'H7121. And onesaidוְאָמַ֖רve.'a.MarH559,Whatמָ֣הmahH4100shall Icryאֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'H7121?Allכָּל־kol-H3605fleshהַבָּשָׂ֣רha.ba.SarH1320isgrassחָצִ֔ירcha.TzirH2682, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the goodliness thereof is as theflowerכְּצִ֥יץke.TzitzH6731of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704:

7Thegrassחָצִיר֙cha.TzirH2682withereth, theflowerצִ֔יץTzitzH6731fadeth;becauseH3588thebreathר֥וּחַRu.achH7307of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068blowethuponH7307it:surelyH3588thepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971isgrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682.

8Thegrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682withereth, theflowerצִ֑יץTzitzH6731fadeth: but thewordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697of ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430shallstandיָק֥וּםya.KumH6965foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃ סle.'o.LamH5769.

9O thou that tellestgoodH1319tidingsH1319toZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726,getH5927theeupH5927intoעַ֣ל'alH5921thehighגָּבֹ֤הַga.Vo.haH1364mountainהַר־har-H2022: O thou that tellestgoodH1319tidingsH1319toJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,liftהָרִ֤ימִיha.Ri.miH7311upH5927thyvoiceקוֹלֵ֔ךְko.LekhH6963withstrengthבַכֹּ֙חַ֙va.Ko.achH3581;liftהָרִ֙ימִי֙ha.Ri.miH7311itupH5927, benotאַל־'al-H408afraidתִּירָ֔אִיti.Ra.'iH3372;sayאִמְרִי֙'im.RiH559unto thecitiesלְעָרֵ֣יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,Beholdהִנֵּ֖הhi.NehH2009, yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430!

10Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, theLordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136willcomeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935as amightyבְּחָזָ֣קbe.cha.ZakH2389one, and hisarmוּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'OH2220shallruleמֹ֣שְׁלָהMo.she.lahH4910for him:beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, hisrewardשְׂכָרוֹ֙se.kha.RoH7939is with him, and his recompencebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

11He shallfeedכְּרֹעֶה֙ke.ro.'EhH7462hisflockעֶדְר֣וֹed.RoH5739like ashepherdיִרְעֶ֔הyir.'EhH7462, he shallgatherיְקַבֵּ֣ץye.ka.BetzH6908thelambsעָל֖וֹתa.LotH5763in hisarmבִּזְרֹעוֹ֙biz.ro.'OH2220, andcarryיִשָּׂ֑אyi.Sa'H5375them in hisbosomוּבְחֵיק֖וֹu.ve.chei.KoH2436, and shall gentlyleadיְנַהֵֽל׃ סye.na.HelH5095those thatgiveH5375suck.

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