Isaiah 44
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Isaiah 44:12-15

12Thesmithחָרַ֤שׁcha.RashH2796maketh anaxeבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270, and worketh in thecoalsבַּפֶּחָ֔םba.pe.ChamH6352, and fashioneth it withhammersוּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹתu.vam.ma.ka.VotH4717, and worketh it with hisstrongH3581armבִּזְר֣וֹעַbiz.Ro.a'H2220: yea, he ishungryרָעֵב֙ra.'EvH7456, and hisstrengthH2220faileth; he drinkethnoלֹא־lo'-H3808waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325, and is faint.
13The carpenter stretchethoutH5186a line; he marketh itoutH5186with a pencil; he shapeth it withplanesבַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹתba.mak.tzu.'otH4741, and he marketh itoutH5186with the compasses, and shapeth it after thefigureכְּתַבְנִ֣יתke.tav.NitH8403of amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376,accordingH376to thebeautyכְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶתke.tif.'E.retH8597of amanH376, todwellלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427in thehouseבָּֽיִת׃Ba.yitH1004.
14He heweth himdownלִכְרָת־likh.rot-H3772cedarsאֲרָזִ֔ים'a.ra.ZimH730, and taketh the holmtreeH6086and theoakוְאַלּ֔וֹןve.'a.LonH437, and strengtheneth forhimselfיְגַדֵּֽל׃ye.ga.DelH1431one among thetreesH6086of theforestיָ֑עַרYa.'arH3293: he planteth a firtreeH6086, and therainוְגֶ֥שֶׁםve.Ge.shemH1653doth nourish it.
15Then shall it be for amanלְאָדָם֙le.'a.DamH120toburnלְבָעֵ֔רle.va.'ErH1197; and he taketh thereof, and warmethhimselfH7812; yea, he kindleth it, and bakethbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899: yea, he maketh agodאֵל֙'elH410, and worshippeth it; he maketh it agravenH6459imageH6459, and fallethdownוַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812thereto.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain