Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 40:18-28

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?

28Hast thounotH3808knownיָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045? hast thounotH3808heardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085? theeverlastingעוֹלָ֤ם׀o.LamH5769Godאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, the Creator of theendsקְצ֣וֹתke.TzotH7098of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, faintethnotH3808,neitherH3808iswearyיִיגָ֑עyi.Ga'H3021; there isnoH3808searchingחֵ֖קֶרChe.kerH2714of hisunderstandingלִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃lit.vu.na.ToH8394.

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