Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 5:7-17

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.

14Therefore hell hathenlargedהִרְחִ֤יבָהhir.Chi.vahH7337herH3381desireנַפְשָׁ֔הּnaf.ShahH5315, andopenedוּפָעֲרָ֥הu.fa.'a.RahH6473herH3381mouthפִ֖יהָFi.haH6310withoutלִבְלִי־liv.li-H1097measureחֹ֑קChokH2706: and their glory, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּva.ha.mo.NahH1995, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them,descendH3381intoH3381it.

15And the meanmanH376isbowedH7817downH7817, and the greatmanH376ishumbledH7817, and theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of theloftyגְבֹהִ֖יםge.vo.HimH1364arehumbledH7817:

16but theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635isexaltedוַיִּגְבַּ֛הvai.yig.BahH1361injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טba.mish.PatH4941, andGodוְהָאֵל֙ve.ha.'ElH410theHolyהַקָּד֔וֹשׁha.ka.Do.oshH6918One issanctifiedנִקְדָּ֖שׁnik.DashH6942inrighteousnessבִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitz.da.KahH6666.

17Then shall thelambsכְבָשִׂ֖יםkhe.va.SimH3532feedH398as in theirpastureכְּדָבְרָ֑םke.da.ve.RamH1699, and thewasteH2723placesH2723of thefatמֵחִ֖יםme.ChimH4220ones shall wandererseatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398.

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