Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 47

1ComeH3381downH3381, andsitוּשְׁבִ֣יu.she.ViH3427in thedustעָפָ֗ר'a.FarH6083, Ovirginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894;sitשְׁבִי־she.vi-H3427on thegroundלָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzH776withoutH3808athroneכִּסֵּ֖אki.Se'H3678, Odaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778: for thou shaltnoH3808moreתוֹסִ֙יפִי֙to.Si.fiH3254becalledיִקְרְאוּ־yik.re.'u-H7121tenderרַכָּ֖הra.KahH7390anddelicateוַעֲנֻגָּֽה׃va.'a.nu.GahH6028.

2Takeקְחִ֥יke.ChiH3947themillstonesרֵחַ֖יִםre.Cha.yimH7347, andgrindוְטַ֣חֲנִיve.Ta.cha.niH2912mealקָ֑מַחKa.machH7058:removeH5674thyveilצַמָּתֵ֧ךְtza.ma.TekhH6777,stripגַּלִּ֨יga.LiH1540offחֶשְׂפִּי־ches.pi-H2834the train,uncoverגַּלִּי־ga.li-H1540thelegשׁ֖וֹקShokH7785,passעִבְרִ֥י'iv.RiH5674throughH5674theriversנְהָרֽוֹת׃ne.ha.RotH5104.

3Thynakednessעֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ'er.va.TekhH6172shall beuncoveredתִּגָּל֙ti.GalH1540, yea, thyshameחֶרְפָּתֵ֑ךְcher.pa.TekhH2781shall beseenתֵּרָאֶ֖הte.ra.'EhH7200: I willtakeאֶקָּ֔ח'e.KachH3947vengeanceנָקָ֣םna.KamH5359, and willacceptH3947noוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808manאָדָֽם׃ ס'a.DamH120.

4Ourredeemerגֹּאֲלֵ֕נוּgo.'a.Le.nuH1350, theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635is hisnameשְׁמ֑וֹshe.MoH8034, theHolyקְד֖וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918One ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Sitשְׁבִ֥יshe.ViH3427thou silent, andgetH935theeintoH935darknessבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְva.Cho.shekhH2822, Odaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of theChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778: for thou shaltnoלֹ֤אlo'H3808moreתוֹסִ֙יפִי֙to.Si.fiH3254becalledיִקְרְאוּ־yik.re.'u-H7121The lady ofkingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃mam.la.KhotH4467.

6I was wroth with mypeopleעַמִּ֗י'a.MiH5971, Iprofanedחִלַּ֙לְתִּי֙chi.Lal.tiH2490mineinheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֔יna.cha.la.TiH5159, andgaveוָאֶתְּנֵ֖םva.'e.te.NemH5414themintoעַל־'al-H5921thinehandבְּיָדֵ֑ךְbe.ya.DekhH3027: thou didst shew themnoלֹא־lo'-H3808mercyרַחֲמִ֔יםra.cha.MimH7356;uponעַל־'al-H5921theagedזָקֵ֕ןza.KenH2205hast thouveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966heavilyהִכְבַּ֥דְתְּhikh.BadtH3513laidשַׂ֤מְתְּsamtH7760thyyokeעֻלֵּ֖ךְ'u.LekhH5923.

7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady foreverלְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769:soאֶהְיֶ֣ה'eh.YehH1961that thou didstnotלֹא־lo'-H3808layשַׂ֥מְתְּsamtH7760theseאֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehH428things to thyheartלִבֵּ֔ךְli.BekhH3820,neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808didstrememberזָכַ֖רְתְּza.KhartH2142thelatterH319endH319thereof.

8Nowוְעַתָּ֞הve.'a.TahH6258thereforehearH8085this, thou that artgivenH8085to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thineheartבִּלְבָ֔בָהּbil.Va.vahH3824, I am, and there isnoneH3808elseע֑וֹדodH5750besidemeאֲנִ֖י'a.NiH589; I shallnotH3808sitH3427as awidowאַלְמָנָ֔ה'al.ma.NahH490,neitherH3808shall Iknowאֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'H3045thelossH7908ofchildrenH7908:

9buttheseאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428twoשְׁתֵּי־she.tei-H8147things shallcomeוְתָבֹאנָה֩ve.ta.vo.NahH935to thee in amomentרֶ֛גַעRe.ga'H7281in onedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117, thelossH7908ofchildrenH7908, andwidowhoodוְאַלְמֹ֑ןve.'al.MonH489: in theirfullH3117measureH3966shall theycomeבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935uponH5921thee,despiteH5921of themultitudeH7230of thysorceriesכְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְke.sha.Fa.yikhH3785, and thegreatH3966abundanceבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230of thine enchantments.

10For thou hasttrustedוַתִּבְטְחִ֣יva.tiv.te.ChiH982in thywickednessבְרָעָתֵ֗ךְve.ra.'a.TekhH7451; thou hastsaidאָמַרְתְּ֙'a.marTH559,NoneH369seethmeH7725; thywisdomחָכְמָתֵ֥ךְcha.khe.ma.TekhH2451and thyknowledgeוְדַעְתֵּ֖ךְve.da'.TekhH1847, it hath perverted thee: and thou hastsaidוַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.RiH559in thineheartבְלִבֵּ֔ךְve.li.BekhH3820, I am, and there isnoneH369elseעֽוֹד׃odH5750besidemeH7725.

11Therefore shallevilרָעָ֗הra.'AhH7451comeוּבָ֧אu.Va'H935uponעָלַ֣יִךְ'a.La.yikhH5921thee; thou shaltnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808knowH3045thedawningשַׁחְרָ֔הּshach.RahH7837thereof: and mischief shallfallוְתִפֹּ֤לve.ti.PolH5307uponעָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yikhH5921thee; thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808beableתוּכְלִ֖יtu.khe.LiH3201toputH935itawayH5307: and desolation shallcomeוְתָבֹ֨אve.ta.Vo'H935uponעָלַ֧יִךְ'a.La.yikhH5921theesuddenlyפִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmH6597, which thou knowestnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808.

12Standעִמְדִי־'im.di-H5975nowנָ֤אna'H4994with thine enchantments, and with themultitudeוּבְרֹ֣בu.ve.RoH7230of thysorceriesכְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְke.sha.Fa.yikhH3785,whereinH834thou hast laboured from thyyouthמִנְּעוּרָ֑יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271;ifH834soH834be thou shalt beableתּוּכְלִ֥יtu.khe.LiH3201toprofitהוֹעִ֖ילho.'IlH3276,ifH834soH834be thou mayestprevailH3201.

13Thou artweariedנִלְאֵ֖יתnil.'EitH3811in themultitudeבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230of thycounselsעֲצָתָ֑יִךְ'a.tza.Ta.yikhH6098:letH4994nowH4994the astrologers, the stargazers, themonthlyלֶחֳדָשִׁ֔יםle.cho.da.ShimH2320prognosticators,standיַעַמְדוּ־ya.'am.du-H5975upH5975, andsaveוְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְve.yo.shi.'UkhH3467thee from the things that shallcomeיָבֹ֖אוּya.Vo.'uH935uponעָלָֽיִךְ׃'a.La.yikhH5921thee.

14Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, they shall be asstubbleכְקַשׁ֙khe.KashH7179; thefireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784shallburnשְׂרָפָ֔תַםse.ra.Fa.tamH8313them; they shallnotH3808deliverיַצִּ֥ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337themselvesנַפְשָׁ֖םnaf.ShamH5315from thepowerמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theflameלֶֽהָבָ֑הle.ha.VahH3852: it shallnotH3808be acoalגַּחֶ֣לֶתga.Che.letH1513towarmלַחְמָ֔םlach.MamH2552at,norH3808afireH784tositלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427beforeנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃neg.DoH5048.

15Thusכֵּ֥ןkenH3651shall the things be unto theewhereinאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou hast laboured: they that havetraffickedסֹחֲרַ֣יִךְso.cha.Ra.yikhH5503with thee from thyyouthמִנְּעוּרַ֗יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271shallwanderתָּע֔וּta.'UH8582everyאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376one to his quarter; there shall benoneאֵ֖ין'einH369tosaveמוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ׃ סmo.shi.'EkhH3467thee.

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