Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 62

1ForZion’sצִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnH6726sakeלְמַ֤עַןle.Ma.'anH4616will Inotלֹ֣אlo'H3808hold mypeaceH8252, and forJerusalem’sיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389sakeוּלְמַ֥עַןu.le.Ma.'anH4616I willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808restH8252,untilH5704herH5704righteousnessצִדְקָ֔הּtzid.KahH6664goיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318asbrightnessכַנֹּ֙גַהּ֙kha.No.gahH5051, andherH5704salvationוִישׁוּעָתָ֖הּvi.shu.'a.TahH3444as a lamp that burneth.

2And thenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471shallseeוְרָא֤וּve.ra.'UH7200thyrighteousnessצִדְקֵ֔ךְtzid.KekhH6664, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605kingsמְלָכִ֖יםme.la.KhimH4428thygloryכְּבוֹדֵ֑ךְke.vo.DekhH3519: and thou shalt becalledוְקֹ֤רָאve.Ko.ra'H7121by anewחָדָ֔שׁcha.DashH2319nameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034,whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834themouthפִּ֥יpiH6310of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shallnameH8034.

3Thou shalt also be acrownעֲטֶ֥רֶת'a.Te.retH5850ofbeautyתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597in thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and aroyalמְלוּכָ֖הme.lu.KhahH4410diademוּצְנִ֥יףu.tze.nofH6797in thehandH3027of thyGodאֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430.

4Thou shaltnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808moreH5750be termed Forsaken;neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808shall thylandוּלְאַרְצֵךְ֙u.le.'ar.tzeKhH776anyH5750moreH5750be termedDesolateשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077: but thou shalt becalledיִקָּרֵא֙yi.ka.Re'H7121Hephzi-bah, and thylandוּלְאַרְצֵ֖ךְu.le.'ar.TzekhH776Beulah: for theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068delighteth in thee, and thylandוְאַרְצֵ֖ךְve.'ar.TzekhH776shall bemarriedH1166.

5For as ayoungH1121manH1121marrieth avirginבְּתוּלָ֔הbe.tu.LahH1330,soH3588shall thysonsבָּנָ֑יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121marryH1166thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over thebrideכַּלָּ֔הka.LahH3618,soH3588shall thyGodאֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430rejoiceיָשִׂ֥ישׂya.SisH7797over thee.

6I have setwatchmenשֹֽׁמְרִ֔יםsho.me.RimH8104uponעַל־'al-H5921thywallsחוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhH2346, OJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389; they shallneverH3808holdהַמַּזְכִּרִים֙ha.maz.ki.RimH2142their peacedayהַיּ֧וֹםhai.YomH3117norH3808nightהַלַּ֛יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915: ye that are theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068remembrancers,takeH8104yenoH3808restדֳּמִ֖יdo.MiH1824,

7andgiveתִּתְּנ֥וּti.te.NuH5414himnoוְאַֽל־ve.'al-H408restדֳמִ֖יdo.MiH1824,tillעַד־'ad-H5704heestablishיְכוֹנֵ֞ןye.kho.NenH3559, andtillוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704hemakeיָשִׂ֧יםya.SimH7760Jerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389apraiseתְּהִלָּ֖הte.hi.LahH8416in theearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

8TheLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֧עnish.Ba'H7650by hisrightבִּֽימִינ֖וֹbi.mi.NoH3225handH3225, and by thearmוּבִזְר֣וֹעַu.viz.Ro.a'H2220of hisstrengthעֻזּ֑וֹu.ZoH5797,SurelyH518I willnoH518moreע֤וֹדodH5750giveאֶתֵּן֩'e.TenH5414thy corn to be meat for thineenemiesלְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhH341; and strangers shallnotH518drinkיִשְׁתּ֤וּyish.TuH8354thywineתִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְti.ro.ShekhH8492, for thewhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hast laboured:

9but they that have garnered it shalleatיֹאכְלֻ֔הוּyo.khe.Lu.huH398it, andpraiseוְהִֽלְל֖וּve.hi.LuH1984theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and they that havegatheredמְאַסְפָיו֙me.'as.FavH622it shalldrinkיִשְׁתֻּ֖הוּyish.Tu.huH8354it in the courts of mysanctuaryקָדְשִֽׁי׃ סkod.shiH6944.

10GoH5674throughH5674,goH5674throughH5674thegatesבַּשְּׁעָרִ֔יםba.she.'a.RimH8179;prepareפַּנּ֖וּpa.NuH6437ye thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971;castH5619upH7311,castH5619upH7311thehighwayהַֽמְסִלָּה֙ham.si.LahH4546; gatheroutעַל־'al-H5921thestonesמֵאֶ֔בֶןme.'E.venH68;liftH7311upH7311an ensign for thepeoplesהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971.

11Beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068hathproclaimedהִשְׁמִ֙יעַ֙hish.Mi.a'H8085unto theendקְצֵ֣הke.TzehH7097of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,Sayאִמְרוּ֙'im.RuH559ye to thedaughterלְבַת־le.vat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, thysalvationיִשְׁעֵ֖ךְyish.'EkhH3468cometh;beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, hisrewardשְׂכָרוֹ֙se.kha.RoH7939is with him, and his recompencebeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him.

12And they shallcallוְקָרְא֥וּve.ka.re.'UH7121them Theholyהַקֹּ֖דֶשׁha.Ko.deshH6944peopleעַם־'am-H5971, Theredeemedגְּאוּלֵ֣יge.'u.LeiH1350of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: and thou shalt becalledיִקָּרֵ֣אyi.ka.Re'H7121Soughtדְרוּשָׁ֔הde.ru.ShahH1875out, Acityעִ֖יר'irH5892notלֹ֥אlo'H3808forsaken.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain