Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 40:9-17

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.

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.

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