Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 55:8-13

8For mythoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתַי֙mach.she.vo.TaiH4284arenotלֹ֤אlo'H3808yourthoughtsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmach.she.Vo.tei.KhemH4284,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808are yourwaysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870mywaysדְּרָכָ֑יde.ra.KhaiH1870, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9For as theheavensשָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064arehigherגָבְה֥וּga.ve.HuH1361thanH3588theearthמֵאָ֑רֶץme.'A.retzH776,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651are mywaysדְרָכַי֙de.ra.KhaiH1870higherגָּבְה֤וּga.ve.HuH1361thanH3588yourwaysמִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֔םmi.dar.khei.KhemH1870, and mythoughtsוּמַחְשְׁבֹתַ֖יu.mach.she.vo.TaiH4284thanH3588yourthoughtsמִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃mi.mach.she.vo.tei.KhemH4284.

10For as therainהַגֶּ֨שֶׁםha.Ge.shemH1653comethdownיֵרֵד֩ye.RedH3381and thesnowוְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶגve.ha.She.legH7950fromheavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and returnethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808thither, but watereth theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and maketh itbringיָשׁ֔וּבya.ShuvH7725forthוְהוֹלִידָ֖הּve.ho.li.DahH3205and bud, and givethseedזֶ֙רַע֙ze.ra'H2233to thesowerלַזֹּרֵ֔עַla.zo.Re.a'H2232andbreadוְלֶ֖חֶםve.Le.chemH3899to theeaterלָאֹכֵֽל׃la.'o.KhelH398;

11soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651shall mywordדְבָרִי֙de.va.RiH1697be that goethforthיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318outH3318of mymouthמִפִּ֔יmi.PiH6310: it shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808returnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725untomeאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413void, but it shallaccomplishH1697thatwhichH834I please, and it shallprosperוְהִצְלִ֖יחַve.hitz.Li.achH6743in thethingH1697whereto Isentשְׁלַחְתִּֽיו׃she.lach.TivH7971it.

12For ye shallgoתֵצֵ֔אוּte.Tze.'uH3318outH3318withjoyבְשִׂמְחָ֣הve.sim.ChahH8057, and beledתּֽוּבָל֑וּןtu.va.LunH2986forthH3318withpeaceוּבְשָׁל֖וֹםu.ve.sha.LomH7965: themountainsהֶהָרִ֣יםhe.ha.RimH2022and thehillsוְהַגְּבָע֗וֹתve.ha.ge.va.'otH1389shallbreakיִפְצְח֤וּyif.tze.ChuH6476forthH3318beforeלִפְנֵיכֶם֙lif.nei.KhemH6440youכִּֽי־ki-H3588intoH6476singingרִנָּ֔הri.NahH7440, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thetreesעֲצֵ֥י'a.TzeiH6086of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704shallclapיִמְחֲאוּ־yim.cha.'u-H4222theirhandsכָֽף׃KhafH3709.

13Insteadתַּ֤חַתTa.chatH8478of thethornהַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ha.na.'a.TzutzH5285shallcomeH1961upיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927thefirבְר֔וֹשׁve.Ro.oshH1265tree, andinsteadוְתַ֥חַתve.ta.chatH8478of the brier shallcomeH1961upיַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.LehH5927themyrtleהֲדַ֑סha.DasH1918tree: and it shall be to theLORDלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068for anameלְשֵׁ֔םle.ShemH8034, for aneverlastingעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769signלְא֥וֹתle.'otH226that shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808becutיִכָּרֵֽת׃ סyi.ka.RetH3772offH3772.

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