Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 5:4-13

4WhatH4100couldH4100have beendoneH6213moreעוֹד֙'OdH5750to myvineyardלְכַרְמִ֔יle.khar.MiH3754, that I havenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808doneH6213in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forthgrapesH6025,broughtH6213it forth wildgrapesH6025?

5Andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258goH1961to; I willtellאוֹדִֽיעָה־'o.di.'ah-H3045youH834whatH834I willdoעֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.SehH6213to myvineyardלְכַרְמִ֑יle.khar.MiH3754: I willtakeH5493awayH5493thehedgeמְשׂוּכָּתוֹ֙me.su.ka.ToH4881thereof, and it shall be eatenupH853; I willbreakפָּרֹ֥ץpa.RotzH6555downH6555thefenceגְּדֵר֖וֹge.de.RoH1447thereof, and it shall be troddendownH6555:

6and I willlayוַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּva.'a.shi.Te.huH7896itwasteבָתָ֗הva.TahH1326; it shallnotH3808beprunedיִזָּמֵר֙yi.za.MerH2168norH3808hoed; but there shallcomeH5927upH5927briersH7898andthornsH7898: I will alsocommandאֲצַוֶּ֔ה'a.tza.VehH6680thecloudsהֶעָבִים֙he.'a.VimH5645that theyrainמָטָֽר׃ma.TarH4306noH3808rainH4306uponH5921it.

7For thevineyardכֶ֜רֶםKhe.remH3754of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635is thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and themenוְאִ֣ישׁve.'IshH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063his pleasantplantנְטַ֖עne.Ta'H5194: and helookedH2009forjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּט֙le.mish.PatH4941, butbeholdH2009oppression; forrighteousnessלִצְדָקָ֖הlitz.da.KahH6666, butbeholdH2009acryצְעָקָֽה׃ סtze.'a.KahH6818.

8Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945unto them thatjoinH7126houseבַ֙יִת֙va.yitH1004tohouseבְּבַ֔יִתbe.Va.yitH1004, that layfieldשָׂדֶ֥הsa.DehH7704tofieldבְשָׂדֶ֖הve.sa.DehH7704,tillעַ֚ד'adH5704there benoאֶ֣פֶס'E.fesH657roomH1004, and ye bemadeH7126todwellוְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥םve.hu.shav.TemH3427aloneלְבַדְּכֶ֖םle.va.de.KhemH905in themidstבְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130of thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776!

9In mineearsבְּאָזְנָ֖יbe.'a.ze.NaiH241saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, Of a truthmanyרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227housesבָּתִּ֤יםba.TimH1004shall bedesolateלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047,evenH3808greatגְּדֹלִ֥יםge.do.LimH1419and fair,withoutH3808inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

10Fortenעֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙'a.Se.retH6235acresצִמְדֵּי־tzim.dei-H6776ofvineyardכֶ֔רֶםKhe.remH3754shallyieldיַעֲשׂ֖וּya.'a.SuH6213onebathבַּ֣תbatH1324, and a homer ofseedוְזֶ֥רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233shallyieldיַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.SehH6213but anephahאֵיפָֽה׃ פ'ei.FahH374.

11Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945unto them thatriseמַשְׁכִּימֵ֥יmash.ki.MeiH7925upH7925earlyH7925in themorningבַבֹּ֖קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242, that they mayfollowיִרְדֹּ֑פוּyir.Do.fuH7291strongשֵׁכָ֣רshe.KharH7941drinkH7941; thattarryH309lateH309into the night, tillwineיַ֖יִןYa.yinH3196inflameיַדְלִיקֵֽם׃yad.li.KemH1814them!

12And theharpכִנּ֜וֹרkhi.NorH3658and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, andwineוָיַ֖יִןva.Ya.yinH3196, are in their feasts: but theyregardH7200notלֹ֣אlo'H3808theworkוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.ma.'a.SehH4639of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808have theyconsideredH7200the operation of hishandsיָדָ֖יוya.DavH3027.

13Therefore mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971aregoneגָּלָ֥הga.LahH1540intoH1540captivityH1540, forlackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097ofknowledgeדָ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: and their honourablemenמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962arefamishedרָעָ֔בra.'AvH7458, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנ֖וֹva.ha.mo.NoH1995areparchedצִחֵ֥הtzi.ChehH6704withthirstצָמָֽא׃tza.Ma'H6772.

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