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Isaiah 22

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853of thevalleyגֵּ֣יאgei'H1516ofvisionחִזָּי֑וֹןchi.za.YonH2384. What aileth theenowאֵפ֔וֹא'e.Fo'H645, that thou hast wholly goneupעָלִ֥ית'a.LitH5927to thehousetopsלַגַּגּֽוֹת׃la.ga.GotH1406?

2Thou that artfullמְלֵאָ֗הme.le.'AhH4392ofshoutingsתְּשֻׁא֣וֹת׀te.shu.'otH8663, atumultuousהֽוֹמִיָּ֔הho.mi.YahH1993cityעִ֚יר'irH5892, ajoyousעַלִּיזָ֑ה'a.li.ZahH5947cityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151: thyslainחֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙cha.la.La.yikhH2491men are notslainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491with theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719, nordeadמֵתֵ֥יme.TeiH4191inbattleמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421.

3All thyrulersקְצִינַ֥יִךְke.tzi.Na.yikhH7101havefledנָֽדְדוּ־na.de.du-H5074togetherיַ֖חַדYa.chadH3162, they areboundאֻסָּ֑רוּ'u.Sa.ruH631by thearchersמִקֶּ֣שֶׁתmi.Ke.shetH7198: all that arefoundנִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙nim.tza.'A.yikhH4672in thee areboundאֻסְּר֣וּ'u.se.RuH631togetherיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162, who havefledבָּרָֽחוּ׃ba.Ra.chuH1272fromfarמֵרָח֖וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350.

4Thereforesaidאָמַ֛רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559I, Lookawayשְׁע֥וּshe.'UH8159from me; I willweepבַּבֶּ֑כִיba.Be.khiH1065bitterlyאֲמָרֵ֣ר'a.ma.RerH4843,labourתָּאִ֣יצוּta.'I.tzuH213not tocomfortלְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיle.na.cha.Me.niH5162me, because of theplunderingשֹׁ֖דshodH7701of thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971.

5For it is adayיוֹם֩yOmH3117oftroubleמְהוּמָ֨הme.hu.MahH4103, and of treadingdownוּמְבוּסָ֜הu.me.vu.SahH4001, and ofperplexityוּמְבוּכָ֗הu.me.vu.KhahH3998by theLordלַֽאדֹנָ֧יla.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֛הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635in thevalleyבְּגֵ֣יאbe.Gei'H1516ofvisionחִזָּי֑וֹןchi.za.YonH2384,breakingמְקַרְקַ֥רme.kar.KarH6979down thewallsקִ֖רkirH7023, and ofcryingוְשׁ֥וֹעַve.Sho.a'H7771to themountainsהָהָֽר׃ha.HarH2022.

6AndElamוְעֵילָם֙ve.'ei.LamH5867boreנָשָׂ֣אna.Sa'H5375thequiverאַשְׁפָּ֔ה'ash.PahH827withchariotsבְּרֶ֥כֶבbe.Re.khevH7393ofmenאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120andhorsemenפָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571, andKirוְקִ֥ירve.KirH7024uncoveredעֵרָ֖ה'e.RahH6168theshieldמָגֵֽן׃ma.GenH4043.

7And it shall come to pass, that thychoicestמִבְחַר־miv.char-H4005valleysעֲמָקַ֖יִךְ'a.ma.Ka.yikhH6010shall befullמָ֣לְאוּMal.'uH4390ofchariotsרָ֑כֶבRa.khevH7393, and thehorsemenוְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔יםve.ha.Pa.ra.ShimH6571shallsetשֹׁ֖תshotH7896themselves inarrayשָׁ֥תוּSha.tuH7896at thegateהַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃ha.Sha.'e.rahH8179.

8And heuncoveredוַיְגַ֕לvay.GalH1540thecoveringsמָסַ֣ךְma.SakhH4539ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, and thou didstlookוַתַּבֵּט֙va.ta.BetH5027in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117to thearmourנֶ֖שֶׁקNe.shekH5402of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theforestהַיָּֽעַר׃hai.Ya.'arH3293.

9Ye haveseenרְאִיתֶ֖םre.'i.TemH7200also thebreachesבְּקִיעֵ֧יbe.ki.'EiH1233of thecityעִיר־'ir-H5892ofDavidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732, that they aremanyרָ֑בּוּRa.buH7231: and ye gatheredtogetherוַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּva.te.ka.be.TzuH6908thewatersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of thelowerהַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃ha.tach.to.NahH8481poolהַבְּרֵכָ֖הha.be.re.KhahH1295.

10And ye havenumberedסְפַרְתֶּ֑םse.far.TemH5608thehousesבָּתֵּ֥יba.TeiH1004ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, and thehousesהַבָּ֣תִּ֔יםha.Ba.TimH1004have ye brokendownוַתִּתְֿצוּ֙va.titTzevH5422tofortifyלְבַצֵּ֖רle.va.TzerH1219thewallהַחוֹמָֽה׃ha.cho.MahH2346.

11Yemadeעֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם'a.si.TemH6213also aditchוּמִקְוָ֣ה׀u.mik.VahH4724between the twowallsהַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִםha.Cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346for thewaterלְמֵ֖יle.MeiH4325of theoldהַיְשָׁנָ֑הhay.sha.NahH3465poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295: but ye have notlookedהִבַּטְתֶּם֙hi.ba.TemH5027to itsmakerעֹשֶׂ֔יהָ'o.Sei.haH6213, neither hadrespectרְאִיתֶֽם׃re.'i.TemH7200to him thatfashionedוְיֹצְרָ֥הּve.yo.tze.RahH3335it longagoמֵֽרָח֖וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350.

12And in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117did theLordאֲדֹנָ֧י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֛הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635callוַיִּקְרָ֗אvai.yik.Ra'H7121toweepingלִבְכִי֙liv.KhiH1065, and tomourningוּלְמִסְפֵּ֔דu.le.mis.PedH4553, and tobaldnessוּלְקָרְחָ֖הu.le.ka.re.ChahH7144, and togirdingוְלַחֲגֹ֥רve.la.cha.GorH2296withsackclothשָֽׂק׃SakH8242:

13And beholdjoyשָׂשׂ֣וֹןsa.SonH8342andgladnessוְשִׂמְחָ֗הve.sim.ChahH8057,slayingהָרֹ֤ג׀ha.RogH2026oxenבָּקָר֙ba.KarH1241, andkillingוְשָׁחֹ֣טve.sha.ChotH7819sheepצֹ֔אןTzonH6629,eatingאָכֹ֥ל'a.KholH398fleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320, anddrinkingוְשָׁת֣וֹתve.sha.TotH8354wineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196: let useatאָכ֣וֹל'a.KholH398anddrinkוְשָׁת֔וֹve.sha.ToH8354; for tomorrowמָחָ֖רma.CharH4279we shalldieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

14And it wasrevealedוְנִגְלָ֥הve.nig.LahH1540in myearsבְאָזְנָ֖יve.'a.ze.NaiH241by theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, Surely thisiniquityהֶעָוֹ֨ןhe.'a.VonH5771shall not bepurgedיְ֠כֻפַּרYe.khu.parH3722from you till yedieתְּמֻת֔וּןte.mu.TunH4191,saithאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otH6635.

15Thussaithאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,GoH3212,getבֹּא֙bo'H935to thistreasurerהַסֹּכֵ֣ןha.so.KhenH5532, even toShebnaשֶׁבְנָ֖אshev.Na'H7644, who is over thehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004, and say,

16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed theeoutחָצַ֧בְתָּcha.Tzav.taH2672asepulchreקָ֑בֶרKa.verH6913hereH6311, as he that heweth himoutחֹצְבִ֤יcho.tze.ViH2672asepulchreקִבְר֔וֹkiv.RoH6913onhighמָרוֹם֙ma.rOmH4791, and that cutoutחֹקְקִ֥יcho.ke.KiH2710anhabitationמִשְׁכָּ֥ןmish.KanH4908for himself in arockבַסֶּ֖לַעva.Se.la'H5553?

17Behold, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068will carry theeawayמְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔me.tal.tel.KhaH2904with amightyגָּ֑בֶרGa.verH1397captivityטַלְטֵלָ֖הtal.te.LahH2925, and willsurelyוְעֹטְךָ֖ve.'o.te.KhaH5844coverעָטֹֽה׃'a.TohH5844thee.

18With violence he willsurelyצָנ֤וֹףtza.NofH6801turnיִצְנָפְךָ֙yitz.na.fe.KhaH6801andtossצְנֵפָ֔הtze.ne.FahH6802thee like aballכַּדּ֕וּרka.DurH1754into awideרַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִםra.cha.Vat ya.Da.yimH7342 H3027countryאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776: there shalt thoudieתָמ֗וּתta.MutH4191, and there thechariotsמַרְכְּב֣וֹתmar.ke.VotH4818of thygloryכְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָke.vo.De.khaH3519shall be theshameקְל֖וֹןke.LonH7036of thylord’sאֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃'a.do.Nei.khaH113houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

19And I willdriveוַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָva.ha.daf.Ti.khaH1920thee from thystationמִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָmi.ma.tza.Ve.khaH4673, and from thystateוּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖u.mi.ma.'a.ma.de.KhaH4612shall he pull theedownיֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃ye.her.Se.khaH2040.

20And it shall come to pass in thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, that I willcallוְקָרָ֣אתִיve.ka.Ra.tiH7121myservantלְעַבְדִּ֔יle.'av.DiH5650Eliakimלְאֶלְיָקִ֖יםle.'el.ya.KimH471thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHilkiahחִלְקִיָּֽהוּ׃chil.ki.Ya.huH2518:

21And I willclotheוְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יוve.hil.bash.TivH3847him with thyrobeכֻּתָּנְתֶּ֗ךָku.ta.ne.Te.khaH3801, andstrengthenאֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ'a.chaz.ze.Ke.nuH2388him with thybeltוְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ֙ve.'av.ne.te.KhaH73, and I willcommitאֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenH5414thygovernmentוּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ֖u.mem.shel.te.KhaH4475into hishandבְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.DoH3027: and he shall be afatherלְאָ֛בle.'AvH1to theinhabitantsלְיוֹשֵׁ֥בle.yo.ShevH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, and to thehouseוּלְבֵ֥יתu.le.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

22And thekeyמַפְתֵּ֥חַmaf.Te.achH4668of thehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732will Ilayוְנָתַתִּ֛יve.na.ta.TiH5414upon hisshoulderשִׁכְמ֑וֹshikh.MoH7926; so he shallopenוּפָתַח֙u.fa.TachH6605, and none shallshutסֹגֵ֔רso.GerH5462; and he shallshutוְסָגַ֖רve.sa.GarH5462, and none shallopenפֹּתֵֽחַ׃po.Te.achH6605.

23And I willfastenוּתְקַעְתִּ֥יוu.te.ka'.TivH8628him as anailיָתֵ֖דya.TedH3489in asureנֶאֱמָ֑ןne.'e.ManH539placeבְּמָק֣וֹםbe.ma.KomH4725; and he shall be for agloriousכָב֖וֹדkha.VodH3519throneלְכִסֵּ֥אle.khi.Se'H3678to hisfather’sאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1houseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004.

24And they shallhangוְתָל֨וּve.ta.LuH8518upon him all thegloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519of hisfather’sאָבִ֗יו'a.VivH1houseבֵּית־beit-H1004, theoffspringהַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים֙ha.tze.'e.tza.'ImH6631and theissueוְהַצְּפִע֔וֹתve.ha.tze.fi.'otH6849, allvesselsכְּלֵ֣יke.LeiH3627ofsmallהַקָּטָ֑ןha.ka.TanH6996quantity, from thevesselsמִכְּלֵי֙mi.ke.LeiH3627ofcupsהָֽאַגָּנ֔וֹתha.'a.ga.NotH101, even to all thevesselsכְּלֵ֥יke.LeiH3627offlagonsהַנְּבָלִֽים׃ha.ne.va.LimH5035.

25In thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,saithנְאֻם֙ne.'UmH5002theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, shall thenailהַיָּתֵ֔דhai.ya.TedH3489that isfastenedהַתְּקוּעָ֖הha.te.ku.'AhH8628in thesureנֶאֱמָ֑ןne.'e.ManH539placeבְּמָק֣וֹםbe.ma.KomH4725beremovedתָּמוּשׁ֙ta.MushH4185, and be cutdownוְנִגְדְּעָ֣הve.nig.de.'AhH1438, andfallוְנָפְלָ֗הve.na.fe.LahH5307; and theburdenהַמַּשָּׂ֣אha.ma.Sa'H4853that was upon it shall be cutoffוְנִכְרַת֙ve.nikh.RatH3772: for theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֵּֽר׃ סdi.BerH1696it .

Commentaries on Isaiah 22

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