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Isaiah 14

1For theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068will havemercyיְרַחֵ֨םye.ra.ChemH7355onJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290, and will yetchooseוּבָחַ֥רu.va.CharH977Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andsetH3240them in their ownlandאַדְמָתָ֑ם'ad.ma.TamH127: and thestrangersהַגֵּר֙ha.GerH1616shall bejoinedוְנִלְוָ֤הve.nil.VahH3867with them, and they shalluniteוְנִסְפְּח֖וּve.nis.pe.ChuH5596with thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

2And thepeopleעַמִּים֮'a.MimH5971shalltakeוּלְקָח֣וּםu.le.ka.ChumH3947them, andbringוֶהֱבִיא֣וּםve.he.vi.'UmH935them to theirplaceמְקוֹמָם֒me.ko.MamH4725: and thehouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478shallpossessוְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּםve.hit.na.cha.LumH5157them in thelandאַדְמַ֣ת'ad.MatH127of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068forservantsלַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.DimH5650andhandmaidsוְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹתve.lish.fa.ChotH8198: and they shall take themcaptivesשֹׁבִ֣יםsho.VimH7617, whosecaptivesלְשֹֽׁבֵיהֶ֔םle.shoei.HemH7617they were; and they shallruleוְרָד֖וּve.ra.DuH7287over theiroppressorsבְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ סbe.no.ge.sei.HemH5065.

3And it shall come to pass in thedayבְּי֨וֹםbe.YomH3117that theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068shall give theerestהָנִ֤יחַha.Ni.achH5117from thysorrowמֵֽעָצְבְּךָ֖me.'a.tze.be.KhaH6090, and from thyfearוּמֵרָגְזֶ֑ךָu.me.ra.ge.Ze.khaH7267, and from thehardהַקָּשָׁ֖הha.ka.ShahH7186bondageהָעֲבֹדָ֥הha.'a.vo.DahH5656in which thou wast made toserveעֻבַּד־'u.bad-H5647,

4That thou shalt takeupוְנָשָׂ֜אתָve.na.Sa.taH5375thisproverbהַמָּשָׁ֥לha.ma.ShalH4912against thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894, andsayוְאָמָ֑רְתָּve.'a.Ma.re.taH559, How hath theoppressorנֹגֵ֔שׂno.GesH5065ceasedשָׁבַ֣תsha.VatH7673! the goldencityמַדְהֵבָֽה׃mad.he.VahH4062ceasedשָׁבְתָ֖הsha.ve.TahH7673!

5TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathbrokenשָׁבַ֥רsha.VarH7665thestaffמַטֵּ֣הma.TehH4294of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'ImH7563, and thesceptreשֵׁ֖בֶטShe.vetH7626of therulersמֹשְׁלִֽים׃mo.she.LimH4910.

6He whosmoteמַכֶּ֤הma.KehH5221thepeopleעַמִּים֙'a.MimH5971inwrathבְּעֶבְרָ֔הbe.'ev.RahH5678with acontinualבִּלְתִּ֣י סָרָ֑הbil.Ti sa.RahH1115 H5627strokeמַכַּ֖תma.KatH4347, he thatruledרֹדֶ֤הro.DehH7287thenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471inangerבָאַף֙va.'AfH639, ispersecutedמֻרְדָּ֖ףmur.DafH4783, andnoneבְּלִ֥יbe.LiH1097hinderethחָשָֽׂךְ׃cha.SakhH2820.

7The wholeearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776is atrestנָ֥חָהNa.chahH5117, and isquietשָׁקְטָ֖הsha.ke.TahH8252: they breakforthפָּצְח֖וּpa.tze.ChuH6476intosingingרִנָּֽה׃ri.NahH7440.

8Yea, the firtreesבְּרוֹשִׁ֛יםbe.ro.ShimH1265rejoiceשָׂמְח֥וּsa.me.ChuH8055at thee, and thecedarsאַרְזֵ֣י'ar.ZeiH730ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844, saying, Since thou art laiddownשָׁכַ֔בְתָּsha.Khav.taH7901, nowoodsmanהַכֹּרֵ֖תha.ko.RetH3772is comeupיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927against us.

9Hellשְׁא֗וֹלshe.'olH7585from beneath ismovedרָגְזָ֥הra.ge.ZahH7264for thee tomeetH7125thee at thycomingבּוֹאֶ֑ךָbo.'E.khaH935: it stirrethupעוֹרֵ֨רo.RerH5782thedeadרְפָאִים֙re.fa.'ImH7496for thee, even all the chiefonesעַתּ֣וּדֵי'a.Tu.deiH6260of theearthאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776; it hath raisedupהֵקִים֙he.KimH6965from theirthronesמִכִּסְאוֹתָ֔םmi.kis.'o.TamH3678all thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of thenationsגוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

10All they shallspeakיַֽעֲנ֔וּya.'a.NuH6030andsayוְיֹאמְר֖וּve.yo.me.RuH559to thee, Art thou also becomeweakחֻלֵּ֥יתָchu.Lei.taH2470as we? art thou becomelikeנִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃nim.Shal.taH4911us?

11Thypompגְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָge.'o.Ne.khaH1347is broughtdownהוּרַ֥דhu.RadH3381to thegraveשְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olH7585, and thenoiseהֶמְיַ֣תhem.YatH1998of thyviolsנְבָלֶ֑יךָne.va.Lei.khaH5035: thewormרִמָּ֔הri.MahH7415isspreadיֻצַּ֣עyu.Tza'H3331under thee, and thewormsתּוֹלֵעָֽה׃to.le.'AhH8438coverוּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָu.me.kha.Sei.khaH4374thee.

12How art thoufallenנָפַ֥לְתָּna.Fal.taH5307fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֖יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064, OLuciferהֵילֵ֣לhei.LelH1966,sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of themorningשָׁ֑חַרSha.charH7837 H3213! how art thou cutdownנִגְדַּ֣עְתָּnig.Da'.taH1438to thegroundלָאָ֔רֶץla.'A.retzH776, which didstweakenחוֹלֵ֖שׁcho.LeshH2522thenationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471!

13For thou hastsaidאָמַ֤רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559in thyheartבִֽלְבָבְךָ֙vil.va.ve.KhaH3824, I willascendאֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה'e.'e.LehH5927intoheavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, I willexaltאָרִ֣ים'a.RimH7311mythroneכִּסְאִ֑יkis.'IH3678aboveמִמַּ֥עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605thestarsלְכֽוֹכְבֵי־le.khokh.vei-H3556ofGodאֵ֖ל'elH410: I willsitוְאֵשֵׁ֥בve.'e.ShevH3427also upon themountבְּהַר־be.har-H2022of thecongregationמוֹעֵ֖דmo.'EdH4150, in thesidesבְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.TeiH3411of thenorthצָפֽוֹן׃tza.FonH6828:

14I willascendאֶעֱלֶ֖ה'e.'e.LehH5927above theheightsבָּ֣מֳתֵיBo.mo.teiH1116of thecloudsעָ֑ב'AvH5645; I will belikeאֶדַּמֶּ֖ה'ed.da.MehH1819the mostHighלְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃le.'el.YonH5945.

15Yet thou shalt be broughtdownתּוּרָ֖דtu.RadH3381tohellשְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olH7585, to thesidesיַרְכְּתֵי־yar.ke.tei-H3411of thepitבֽוֹר׃VorH953.

16They thatseeרֹאֶ֙יךָ֙ro.'Ei.khaH7200thee shall narrowlylookיַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּyash.Gi.chuH7688upon thee, andconsiderיִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּyit.bo.Na.nuH995thee, saying, Is this themanהָאִישׁ֙ha.'IshH376that made theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776totrembleמַרְגִּ֣יזmar.GizH7264, thatshookמַרְעִ֖ישׁmar.'IshH7493kingdomsמַמְלָכֽוֹת׃mam.la.KhotH4467;

17Thatmadeשָׂ֥םsamH7760theworldתֵּבֵ֛לte.VelH8398as awildernessכַּמִּדְבָּ֖רka.mid.BarH4057, anddestroyedהָרָ֑סha.RasH2040itscitiesוְעָרָ֣יוve.'a.RavH5892; thatopenedפָ֥תַחFa.tachH6605not thehouseבָּֽיְתָה׃Ba.ye.tahH1004of hisprisonersאֲסִירָ֖יו'a.si.RavH615?

18All thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428of thenationsגוֹיִ֖םgo.YimH1471, even all of them,lieשָׁכְב֥וּsha.khe.VuH7901ingloryבְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.VodH3519, everyoneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376in his ownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

19But thou art castoutהָשְׁלַ֤כְתָּha.she.Lakh.taH7993of thygraveמִֽקִּבְרְךָ֙mi.kiv.re.ChaH6913like anabominableנִתְעָ֔בnit.'AvH8581branchכְּנֵ֣צֶרke.Ne.tzerH5342, and as theraimentלְב֥וּשׁle.VushH3830of those that areslainהֲרֻגִ֖יםha.ru.GimH2026, thrustthroughמְטֹ֣עֲנֵיme.To.'a.neiH2944with aswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719, that godownיוֹרְדֵ֥יyor.DeiH3381to thestonesאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68of thepitב֖וֹרVorH953; as a deadbodyכְּפֶ֥גֶרke.Fe.gerH6297trodden underfeetמוּבָֽס׃mu.VasH947.

20Thou shalt not bejoinedתֵחַ֤דte.ChadH3161with them inburialבִּקְבוּרָ֔הbik.vu.RahH6900, because thou hastdestroyedשִׁחַ֖תָּshi.Cha.taH7843thylandאַרְצְךָ֥'ar.tze.KhaH776, andslainהָרָ֑גְתָּha.Ra.ge.taH2026thypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971: theseedזֶ֥רַעZe.ra'H2233ofevildoersמְרֵעִֽים׃me.re.'ImH7489shallneverלְעוֹלָ֖םle.'o.LamH5769berenownedיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121.

21Prepareהָכִ֧ינוּha.Khi.nuH3559slaughterמַטְבֵּ֖חַmat.Be.achH4293for hischildrenלְבָנָ֛יוle.va.NavH1121for theiniquityבַּעֲוֹ֣ןba.'a.VonH5771of theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1; that they maynotבַּל־bal-H1077riseיָקֻ֙מוּ֙ya.Ku.muH6965, norpossessוְיָ֣רְשׁוּve.Ya.re.shuH3423thelandאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776, norfillוּמָלְא֥וּu.mal.'UH4390thefaceפְנֵֽי־fe.nei-H6440of theworldתֵבֵ֖לte.VelH8398withcitiesעָרִֽים׃'a.RimH6145 H5892.

22For I willariseוְקַמְתִּ֣יve.kam.TiH6965against them,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, and cutoffוְהִכְרַתִּ֨יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772fromBabylonלְבָבֶ֜לle.va.VelH894thenameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034, andremnantוּשְׁאָ֛רu.she.'ArH7605, andsonוְנִ֥יןve.NinH5209, andnephewוָנֶ֖כֶדva.Ne.khedH5220,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

23I will alsomakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760it apossessionלְמוֹרַ֥שׁle.mo.RashH4180for thebitternקִפֹּ֖דki.PodH7090, andpoolsוְאַגְמֵי־ve.'ag.mei-H98ofwaterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325: and I willsweepוְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ve.te.te.Ti.haH2894it with thebesomבְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣אbe.mat.'a.Te'H4292ofdestructionהַשְׁמֵ֔דhash.MedH8045,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otH6635.

24TheLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֛עnish.Ba'H7650,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Surely as I havethoughtדִּמִּ֙יתִי֙di.Mi.tiH1819, so shall it come to pass; and as I havepurposedיָעַ֖צְתִּיya.'Atz.tiH3289, so shall itstandתָקֽוּם׃ta.KumH6965:

25That I willbreakלִשְׁבֹּ֤רlish.BorH7665theAssyrianאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804in mylandבְּאַרְצִ֔יbe.'ar.TziH776, and upon mymountainsהָרַ֖יha.RaiH2022tread him underfootאֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ'a.vu.Se.nuH947: then shall hisyokeעֻלּ֔וֹu.LoH5923departוְסָ֤רve.SarH5493from off them, and hisburdenוְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹve.Su.bo.LoH5448departיָסֽוּר׃ya.SurH5493from off theirshouldersשִׁכְמ֖וֹshikh.MoH7926.

26This is thepurposeהָעֵצָ֥הha.'e.TzahH6098that ispurposedהַיְּעוּצָ֖הhai.ye.'u.TzahH3289upon the wholeearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and this is thehandהַיָּ֥דhai.YadH3027that is stretchedoverהַנְּטוּיָ֖הha.ne.tu.YahH5186all thenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

27For theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathpurposedיָעָ֖ץya.'AtzH3289, and who shallfrustrateיָפֵ֑רya.FerH6565it ? and hishandוְיָד֥וֹve.ya.DoH3027is stretchedoutהַנְּטוּיָ֖הha.ne.tu.YahH5186, and who shall turn itbackיְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃ פye.shi.Ve.nahH7725?

28In theyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141thatkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahazאָחָ֑ז'a.ChazH271diedמ֖וֹתMotH4194was thisburdenהַמַּשָּׂ֥אha.ma.Sa'H4853.

29Rejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִ֤יtis.me.ChiH8055not thou, allPalestinaפְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙fe.Le.shetH6429, because therodשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626of him thatsmoteמַכֵּ֑ךְma.KekhH5221thee isbrokenנִשְׁבַּ֖רnish.BarH7665: for out of theserpent’sנָחָשׁ֙na.ChashH5175rootמִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁmi.Sho.reshH8328shall comeforthיֵ֣צֵאYe.tze'H3318anadderצֶ֔פַעTze.fa'H6848, and hisfruitוּפִרְי֖וֹu.fir.YoH6529shall be afieryH8314flyingמְעוֹפֵֽף׃me.'o.FefH5774serpentשָׂרָ֥ףsa.RafH8314.

30And thefirstbornבְּכוֹרֵ֣יbe.kho.ReiH1060of thepoorדַלִּ֔יםda.LimH1800shallfeedוְרָעוּ֙ve.ra.'UH7462, and theneedyוְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםve.'ev.yo.NimH34shall liedownיִרְבָּ֑צוּyir.Ba.tzuH7257insafetyלָבֶ֣טַחla.Ve.tachH983: and I willkillוְהֵמַתִּ֤יve.he.ma.TiH4191thyrootשָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְsha.re.ShekhH8328withfamineבָֽרָעָב֙va.ra.'AvH7458, and he shallslayיַהֲרֹֽג׃ya.ha.RogH2026thyremnantוּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְu.she.'e.ri.TekhH7611.

31Wailהֵילִ֤ילִֽיhei.Li.liH3213, Ogateשַׁ֙עַר֙sha.'arH8179;cryזַֽעֲקִי־za.'a.ki-H2199, Ocityעִ֔יר'IrH5892; thou, allPalestinaפְּלֶ֣שֶׁתpe.Le.shetH6429, artdissolvedנָמ֖וֹגna.MogH4127: for there shallcomeבָּ֔אBa'H935from thenorthמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828asmokeעָשָׁ֣ן'a.ShanH6227, and none shall bealoneבּוֹדֵ֖דbo.DedH909in his appointedtimesבְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃be.mo.'a.DavH4151.

32What shall one thenanswerיַּעֲנֶ֖הya.'a.NehH6030themessengersמַלְאֲכֵי־mal.'a.khei-H4397of thenationג֑וֹיGoyH1471? That theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathfoundedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245Zionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726, and thepoorעֲנִיֵּ֥י'a.ni.YeiH6041of hispeopleעַמּֽוֹ׃ סa.MoH5971shalltrustיֶחֱס֖וּye.che.SuH2620in it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14

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