Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 9:8-21

8The LordsentH559awordH559intoJacobH559, and it hath lighteduponוְיוֹשֵׁ֣בve.yo.ShevH3427Israelהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971.

9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,

10The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone: the sycomores are cutdownH5921, but we will change themintoH5921cedars.

11Therefore the LORD shallsetשָׁ֣בshavH7725upH853onhighנְטוּיָֽה׃ne.tu.YahH5186againstיָד֥וֹya.DoH3027him the adversaries of Rezin, and shall stirupH853his enemies;

12the SyriansbeforeH5704, and the Philistines behind, and they shall devourIsraelוְהָעָ֥םve.ha.'AmH5971with open mouth. ForallH5704this his anger isnotH3808turnedH7725awayH7725, but his hand is stretchedoutH853stillH7725.

13Yet the people hath not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought theLORDH3068of hosts.

14Therefore the LORD will cutoffוּנְשׂוּא־u.ne.su'-H5375from IsraelheadH7218andtailH2180, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

15The ancient and the honourable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teachethliesוַיִּֽהְי֛וּvai.yih.YuH1961, he is the tail.

16For they that lead thispeopleH3808causeשָׁ֣בshavH7725them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

17Therefore the Lord shallnotכִּֽי־ki-H3588rejoice over their young men, neither shall he have compassion on their fatherless and widows: for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. ForallH398this his anger isnotכִּ֤יkiH3588turnedawayH398, but his hand is stretchedoutכָאֵשׁ֙kha.'EshH784still.

18For wickedness burneth as thefireH784; it devoureth the briers and thorns: yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.

19Throughעַל־'al-H5921the wrath of theLORDיָמִין֙ya.MinH3225of hosts is the land burntupעַל־'al-H5921: thepeopleאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376also are as the fuel offireH398;noH3808manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376spareth his brother.

20And one shall snatch on the righthandיָד֥וֹya.DoH3027, and be hungry; and he shall eat on theleftשָׁ֣בshavH7725handH3027, and they shallnotH3808be satisfied: they shall eateveryH3605manH3605the flesh of his ownarmH3027:

21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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