Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 8:19-22

19And when they shallsayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559untoyouוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588,SeekH1875unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and thatmutterוְהַמַּהְגִּ֑יםve.ha.mah.GimH1897: shouldnotהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808apeopleעַם֙'amH5971seekH1875unto theirGodאֱלֹהָ֣יו'e.lo.HavH430? onbehalfבְּעַ֥דbe.'AdH1157of thelivingהַחַיִּ֖יםha.chai.YimH2416should theyseekH1875unto thedeadהַמֵּתִֽים׃ha.me.TimH4191?

20To thelawלְתוֹרָ֖הle.to.RahH8451and to thetestimonyוְלִתְעוּדָ֑הve.lit.'u.DahH8584!ifH518theyspeakיֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.RuH559notH3808according to thiswordכַּדָּבָ֣רka.da.VarH1697,surelyH518there isnoH3808morningשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837for them.

21And they shallpassוְעָ֥בַרve.'A.varH5674throughH5674it, hardly bestead andhungryוְרָעֵ֑בve.ra.'EvH7457: and it shallcomeוְהָיָ֨הve.ha.YahH1961topassH5674that, when they shall behungryH7457, they shall fret themselves, andcurseוְקִלֵּ֧לve.ki.LelH7043by theirkingבְּמַלְכּ֛וֹbe.mal.KoH4428and by theirGodוּבֵאלֹהָ֖יוu.ve.lo.HavH430, andturnוּפָנָ֥הu.fa.NahH6437theirfacesH6437upwardלְמָֽעְלָה׃le.Ma.'e.lahH4605.

22and they shalllookH2009unto theearthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776, andbeholdH2009,distressH6869anddarknessוַחֲשֵׁכָה֙va.cha.she.KhahH2825, thegloomוַאֲפֵלָ֖הva.'a.fe.LahH653ofanguishH6869; andintoוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413thickH653darknessH2825they shall bedrivenH5080awayH5080.

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