Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 49:14-21

14ButZionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726saidוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559,JehovahH3068hath forsakenmeH7911, and theLordH3068hathforgottenשְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃she.khe.Cha.niH7911meH7911.

15CanH1121awomanאִשָּׁה֙'i.ShahH802forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911herH802suckingchildH1121, thatsheH3808shouldnotH3808havecompassionמֵרַחֵ֖םme.ra.ChemH7355on thesonH1121ofherH802wombבִּטְנָ֑הּbit.NahH990? yea,theseאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428mayforgetתִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָהtish.Kach.nahH7911, yet willnotH3808Iforgetאֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃'esh.ka.ChekhH7911thee.

16Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005, I have graven theeuponH5921thepalmsכַּפַּ֖יִםka.Pa.yimH3709of myhandsH3709; thywallsחוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhH2346arecontinuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548beforeנֶגְדִּ֖יneg.DiH5048meH5921.

17Thychildrenבָּנָ֑יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121makeH4116hasteמִֽהֲר֖וּmi.ha.RuH4116; thydestroyersמְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְme.ha.re.Sa.yikhH2040and they thatmadeH4116thee waste shallgoיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ye.Tze.'uH3318forthH3318of thee.

18Liftשְׂאִֽי־se.'i-H5375upH5375thineeyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869roundH5439aboutH5439, andbeholdוּרְאִ֔יu.re.'IH7200:allH3605theseH3605gatherH6908themselvesH6908togetherנִקְבְּצ֣וּnik.be.TzuH6908, andcomeבָֽאוּ־va.'u-H935to thee. As I lliveחַי־chai-H2416, saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, thou shaltsurelyכִּ֤יkiH3588clotheתִלְבָּ֔שִׁיtil.Ba.shiH3847thee with themallH3605as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like abrideכַּכַּלָּֽה׃ka.ka.LahH3618.

19For, as for thywasteחָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙cha.re.vo.Ta.yikhH2723and thydesolateוְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְve.Sho.me.mo.Ta.yikhH8074placesH2723and thylandוְאֶ֖רֶץve.'E.retzH776that hath beendestroyedH2723,surelyH3588nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258shalt thou be too strait for theinhabitantsמִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmi.yo.ShevH3427, and they thatswallowedמְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃me.va.le.'A.yikhH1104theeupH1104shall befarוְרָחֲק֖וּve.ra.cha.KuH7368awayH7368.

20Thechildrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121of thy bereavement shall yetsayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559in thineearsבְאָזְנַ֔יִךְve.'a.ze.Na.yikhH241, Theplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725istooע֚וֹדodH5750strait formeH5066: giveplaceH4725tomeH5066that I maydwellוְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ve.'e.She.vahH3427.

21Then shalt thousayוְאָמַ֣רְתְּve.'a.MartH559in thineheartבִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, Who hathbegottenH3205meH589theseאֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehH428, seeing I have beenbereavedH7921of mychildrenH7921, and am solitary, anexileH1473, and wandering to and fro? and who hathbroughtH3205upגִדֵּ֔לgi.DelH1431theseוְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ve.'E.lehH428?Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, I wasleftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיnish.'Ar.tiH7604aloneלְבַדִּ֔יle.va.DiH905;theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428,whereאֵיפֹ֥ה'ei.FohH375were they?

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