Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 58:2-5

2Yet theyseekיִדְרֹשׁ֔וּןyid.ro.ShunH1875meH7592dailyH3117, anddelightיֶחְפָּצ֑וּןyech.pa.TzunH2654toknowוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847mywaysדְּרָכַ֖יde.ra.KhaiH1870: as anationכְּג֞וֹיke.GoyH1471thatdidעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213righteousnessצְדָקָ֣הtze.da.KahH6666and forsooknotH3808theordinanceוּמִשְׁפַּ֤טu.mish.PatH4941of theirGodאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430, theyaskיִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙yish.'a.Lu.niH7592ofmeH7592righteousצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664ordinancesמִשְׁפְּטֵי־mish.pe.tei-H4941, theydelightיֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃yech.pa.TzunH2654to drawnearH3808untoGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430.

3Wherefore haveweH3117fastedצַּ֙מְנוּ֙tzam.nuH6684, say they, and thou seestnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808? wherefore haveweH3117afflicted oursoulH5315, and thou takestnoוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808knowledgeתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045?Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, in thedayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117of yourfastצֹֽמְכֶם֙tzo.me.KhemH6685yefindתִּמְצְאוּ־tim.tze.'u-H4672yourownH5315pleasureחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656, andexactתִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ׃tin.Go.suH5065allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605your labours.

4Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, yefastתָּצ֔וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684forstrifeלְרִ֤יבle.RivH7379andcontentionH7379, and tosmiteוּלְהַכּ֖וֹתu.le.ha.KotH5221with thefistבְּאֶגְרֹ֣ףbe.'eg.RofH106ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562: yefastתָצ֣וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684notH3808thisdayכַיּ֔וֹםkhai.YomH3117soH3808as tomakeלְהַשְׁמִ֥יעַle.hash.Mi.a'H8085yourvoiceקוֹלְכֶֽם׃kol.KhemH6963to beheardH8085onhighבַּמָּר֖וֹםba.ma.RomH4791.

5IssuchH2088thefastצ֣וֹםTzomH6685that I havechosenאֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ'ev.cha.Re.huH977? thedayי֛וֹםYomH3117for amanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120toafflictעַנּ֥וֹתa.NotH6031hissoulנַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.ShoH5315? Is it tobowH3721downהֲלָכֹ֨ףha.la.KhofH3721hisheadרֹאשׁ֗וֹro.ShoH7218as a rush, and tospreadיַצִּ֔יעַya.Tzi.a'H3331sackclothוְשַׂ֤קve.SakH8242andashesוָאֵ֙פֶר֙va.'E.ferH665under him? wilt thoucallתִּקְרָא־tik.ra'-H7121this afastצ֔וֹםTzomH6685, and anacceptableרָצ֖וֹןra.TzonH7522dayוְי֥וֹםve.YomH3117to theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068?

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