Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 49:18-23

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?

22Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136,Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, I willliftH5375upH5375minehandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027to thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471, andsetH935upH5375my ensign to thepeoplesעַמִּ֖ים'a.MimH5971: and they shallbringוְהֵבִ֤יאוּve.he.Vi.'uH935thysonsבָנַ֙יִךְ֙va.Na.yikhH1121in theirbosomבְּחֹ֔צֶןbe.Cho.tzenH2684, and thydaughtersוּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְu.ve.no.Ta.yikhH1323shall hecarriedH5375uponעַל־'al-H5921theirshouldersכָּתֵ֥ףka.TefH3802.

23Andkingsמְלָכִ֜יםme.la.KhimH4428shall be thynursingH3243fathers, and their queens thynursingH3243mothers: they shallbowיִשְׁתַּ֣חֲווּyish.Ta.cha.vuH7812downH7812to thee with theirfacesאַפַּ֗יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to theearthאֶ֚רֶץ'E.retzH776, andlickיְלַחֵ֑כוּye.la.Che.khuH3897thedustוַעֲפַ֥רva.'a.FarH6083of thyfeetרַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhH7272; and thou shaltknowוְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ve.ya.Da.'atH3045that I am theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and they thatwaitקוָֹֽי׃ סko.VaiH6960formeאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808beashamedיֵבֹ֖שׁוּye.Vo.shuH954.

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