Isaiah 40
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Isaiah 40:22-26

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.
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