Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 48:1-8

1HearH8085ye this, Ohouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290,whichH4325arecalledהַנִּקְרָאִים֙ha.nik.ra.'ImH7121by thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and arecomeH3318forthH3318outH3318of thewatersוּמִמֵּ֥יu.mi.MeiH4325ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063;whichH4325swearהַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים׀ha.nish.ba.'ImH7650by thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, andmakeH8085mentionיַזְכִּ֔ירוּyaz.Ki.ruH2142of theGodוּבֵאלֹהֵ֤יu.ve.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, butnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808intruthבֶאֱמֶ֖תve.'e.MetH571,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808inrighteousnessבִצְדָקָֽה׃vitz.da.KahH6666.

2For theycallנִקְרָ֔אוּnik.Ra.'uH7121themselvesH5921of theholyהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Ko.deshH6944cityמֵעִ֤ירme.'IrH5892, and staythemselvesH5921uponH5921theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478; theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635is hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034.

3I havedeclaredהִגַּ֔דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiH5046theformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ha.ri.sho.nOtH7223things from ofoldH7223; yea, theywentH3318forthH3318outH3318of mymouthוּמִפִּ֥יu.mi.PiH6310, and I shewed them:suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֥םpit.'OmH6597Ididעָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213them, and theycameH935topassH935.

4Becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588I knew that thou artobstinateקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186, and thyneckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203is anironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270sinewוְגִ֤ידve.GidH1517, and thy brow brass;

5therefore I havedeclaredוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046it to thee from of old;beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962itcameH935topassH935I shewed it thee:lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thou shouldestsayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559, MineidolH6459hathdoneעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213them, and mygravenH6459imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459, and my moltenimageH6459, hathcommandedצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680them.

6Thou hastheardH8085it;beholdחֲזֵה֙cha.ZehH2372allכֻּלָּ֔הּku.LahH3605this; and ye, will yenotH3808declareתַגִּ֑ידוּta.Gi.duH5046it? I have shewed theenewחֲדָשׁוֹת֙cha.da.shOtH2319things from this time,evenH3808hiddenוּנְצֻר֖וֹתu.ne.tzu.RotH5341things, which thou hastnotH3808knownיְדַעְתָּֽם׃ye.da'.TamH3045.

7They arecreatedנִבְרְאוּ֙niv.re.'UH1254nowעַתָּ֤ה'a.TahH6258, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808from ofoldH6440; andbeforeH6440thisdayי֖וֹםYomH3117thou heardest themnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thou shouldestsayתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, Iknewיְדַעְתִּֽין׃ye.da'.TinH3045them.

8YeaH3588, thou heardestnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808;yeaH3588, thou knewestnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808;yeaH3588, from of old thineearאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241wasnotלֹא־lo'-H3808openedפִתְּחָ֣הfi.te.ChahH6605: for IknewH3045that thou didstdealH898veryH898treacherouslyH898, and wastcalledקֹ֥רָאKo.ra'H7121a transgressor from thewombמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.

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