Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 40:12-27

12Who hathmeasuredH4058thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325in thehollowH8168of hishandH8168, andmetedתִּכֵּ֔ןti.KenH8505outH8254heavenוְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ve.sha.Ma.yimH8064with thespanבַּזֶּ֣רֶתba.Ze.retH2239, and comprehended thedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776in ameasureH4058, andweighedוְשָׁקַ֤לve.sha.KalH8254themountainsהָרִ֔יםha.RimH2022inscalesבְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃be.mo.ze.Na.yimH3976, and thehillsוּגְבָע֖וֹתu.ge.va.'otH1389in abalanceבַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ba.Pe.lesH6425?

13Who hathdirectedH3045thespiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, or being his counsellor hathtaughtH3045him?

14Withwhomמִ֤יmiH4310tookH3045hecounselנוֹעָץ֙no.'AtzH3289, and whoinstructedH3045him, andtaughtוַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּvay.la.me.De.huH3925him in thepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941, andtaughtוַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּvay.la.me.De.huH3925himknowledgeדַ֔עַתDa.'atH1847, and shewed to him thewayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofunderstandingתְּבוּנ֖וֹתte.vu.NotH8394?

15Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471are as adropכְּמַ֣רke.MarH4752of abucketמִדְּלִ֔יmi.de.LiH1805, and arecountedנֶחְשָׁ֑בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803as the smalldustוּכְשַׁ֥חַקu.khe.Sha.chakH7834of thebalanceמֹאזְנַ֖יִםmoz.Na.yimH3976:beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005, he taketh up theislesאִיִּ֖ים'i.YimH339as a very little thing.

16AndLebanonוּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.NonH3844isnotאֵ֥ין'einH369sufficientדֵּ֖יdeiH1767toburnבָּעֵ֑רba.'ErH1197,norאֵ֥ין'einH369thebeastsוְחַיָּת֔וֹve.chai.ya.ToH2416thereofsufficientדֵּ֖יdeiH1767for aburntעוֹלָֽה׃ סo.LahH5930offering.

17AllH3605thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471are asnothingכְּאַ֣יִןke.'A.yinH369beforeנֶגְדּ֑וֹneg.DoH5048him; they arecountedנֶחְשְׁבוּ־nech.she.vu-H2803to himlessמֵאֶ֥פֶסme.'E.fesH657thanH3605nothingH369, and vanity.

18Towhomמִ֖יmiH4310then will yelikenתְּדַמְּי֣וּןte.da.me.YunH1819Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410? orwhatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100likenessדְּמ֖וּתde.MutH1823will yecompareH1819unto him?

19ThegravenH6459imageH6459, a workman melted it, and thegoldsmithH6884spreadeth it over withgoldבַּזָּהָ֣בba.za.HavH2091, and casteth for itsilverכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701chainsוּרְתֻק֥וֹתu.re.tu.KotH7577.

20He that istooH3808impoverished forsuchH3808an oblation chooseth atreeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086that willnotH3808rotיִרְקַ֖בyir.KavH7537; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman tosetלְהָכִ֥יןle.ha.KhinH3559up agravenH6459imageH6459, that shallnotH3808bemovedיִמּֽוֹט׃yi.MotH4131.

21Have yenotהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808knownתֵֽדְעוּ֙te.de.'UH3045? have yenotהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808heardתִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'uH8085? hath itnotהֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'H3808beentoldהֻגַּ֥דhu.GadH5046youH3045from thebeginningמֵרֹ֖אשׁme.RoshH7218? have yenotהֲלוֹא֙ha.lO'H3808understoodהֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔םha.Vi.no.TemH995from thefoundationsמוֹסְד֖וֹתmos.DotH4146of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776?

22It is he that sittethuponעַל־'al-H5921thecircleח֣וּגchugH2329of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and theinhabitantsH3427thereof are asgrasshoppersכַּחֲגָבִ֑יםka.cha.ga.VimH2284; that stretchethoutH5186theheavensשָׁמַ֔יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064as acurtainכַדֹּק֙kha.DokH1852, and spreadeth themoutH5186as atentכָּאֹ֖הֶלka.'O.helH168todwellH3427in:

23that bringeth princes tonothingלְאָ֑יִןle.'A.yinH369; he maketh thejudgesשֹׁ֥פְטֵיSho.fe.teiH8199of theearthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776as vanity.

24Yea, they havenotH1571beenplantedנִטָּ֗עוּni.Ta.'uH5193; yea, they havenotH1571beensownזֹרָ֔עוּzo.Ra.'uH2232; yea, theirstockגִּזְעָ֑םgiz.'AmH1503hathnotH1571takenH5375rootשֹׁרֵ֥שׁsho.ReshH8327in theearthבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776:moreoverH1571he bloweth upon them, and theywitherוַיִּבָ֔שׁוּvai.yi.Va.shuH3001, and the whirlwind taketh themawayH5375asstubbleכַּקַּ֥שׁka.KashH7179.

25Towhomמִ֥יmiH4310then will yelikenתְדַמְּי֖וּנִיte.da.me.Yu.niH1819meוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413, that I should beequalH1819to him? saith theHolyקָדֽוֹשׁ׃ka.Do.oshH6918One.

26Liftשְׂאוּ־se.'u-H5375upH5375youreyesעֵינֵיכֶ֤ם'ei.nei.KhemH5869onhighמָר֨וֹםma.RomH4791, andseeוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200who hathcreatedבָרָ֣אva.Ra'H1254theseאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428, that bringethoutהַמּוֹצִ֥יאha.mo.Tzi'H3318theirhostצְבָאָ֑םtze.va.'AmH6635bynumberבְמִסְפָּ֖רve.mis.ParH4557: he calleth themallלְכֻלָּם֙le.khu.LamH3605bynameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034; by thegreatnessמֵרֹ֤בme.RoH7230of his might, and for that he isstrongH3581inpowerכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581,notלֹ֥אlo'H3808one is lacking.

27Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100sayest thou, OJacobיַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, and speakest, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Mywayדַרְכִּי֙dar.KiH1870ishidנִסְתְּרָ֤הnis.te.RahH5641from theLORDמֵֽיְהוָ֔הme.Yah.wehH3068, and myjudgmentמִשְׁפָּטִ֥יmish.pa.TiH4941ispassedH5674awayיַעֲבֽוֹר׃ya.'a.VorH5674from myGodוּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖יu.me.'e.lo.HaiH430?

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