Revised Webster's Bible

Isaiah 38

1In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117wasHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396sickחָלָ֥הcha.LahH2470and neardeathלָמ֑וּתla.MutH4191. AndIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470theprophetהַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'H5030thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֜וֹץ'a.MotzH531cameוַיָּב֣וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935to him, andsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, Thussaithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, Set thyhouseלְבֵיתֶ֔ךָle.vei.Te.khaH1004inorderצַ֣וtzavH6680: for thou shaltdieמֵ֥תmetH4191, and notliveתִֽחְיֶֽה׃Tich.YehH2421.

2ThenHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396turnedוַיַּסֵּ֧בvai.ya.SevH5437hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440toward thewallהַקִּ֑ירha.KirH7023, andprayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419to theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068,

3Andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֗רvai.yo.MarH559,Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142now, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, Ibeseechאָנָּ֤ה'a.NahH577thee, how I havewalkedהִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּיhit.ha.Lakh.tiH1980beforeלְפָנֶ֗יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee intruthבֶּֽאֱמֶת֙be.'e.MetH571and with aperfectשָׁלֵ֔םsha.LemH8003heartוּבְלֵ֣בu.ve.LevH3820, and havedoneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213that which isgoodוְהַטּ֥וֹבve.ha.TovH2896in thysightבְּעֵינֶ֖יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869. AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396weptוַיֵּ֥בְךְּ בְּכִ֥יvai.Ye.vek be.KhiH1058 H1065bitterlyגָדֽוֹל׃ סga.DolH1419.

4Then came thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068toIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5Goהָל֞וֹךְha.LokhH1980, andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, Thussaithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430ofDavidדָּוִ֣דda.VidH1732thyfatherאָבִ֔יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1, I haveheardשָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙sha.Ma'.tiH8085thyprayerתְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָte.fi.la.Te.khaH8605, I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200thytearsדִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָdim.'a.Te.khaH1832: behold, I willaddיוֹסִ֣ףyo.SifH3254to thydaysיָמֶ֔יךָya.Mei.khaH3117fifteenחֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖הcha.Mesh 'es.RehH2568 H6240yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

6And I willdeliverאַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔'a.Tzi.le.khaH5337thee and thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892from thehandוּמִכַּ֤ףu.mi.KafH3709of thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804: and I willdefendוְגַנּוֹתִ֖יve.ga.no.TiH1598thiscityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892.

7And this shall be asignהָא֖וֹתha.'otH226to thee from theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, that theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068willdoיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697that he hathspokenדִּבֵּֽר׃di.BerH1696;

8Behold, I will bringagainמֵשִׁ֣יבme.ShivH7725theshadowצֵ֣לtzelH6738of thedegreesהַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹתha.ma.'a.LotH4609, which hath gonedownיָרְדָה֩ya.re.DahH3381on thesunבַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁba.She.meshH8121dialבְמַעֲל֨וֹתve.ma.'a.LotH4609ofAhazאָחָ֥ז'a.ChazH271,tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַעֲל֑וֹתma.'a.LotH4609backwardאֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית'a.cho.ra.NitH322. So thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121returnedוַתָּ֤שָׁבva.Ta.shovH7725tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235degreesמַעֲל֔וֹתma.'a.LotH4609, by whichdegreesבַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹתba.ma.'a.LotH4609it had gonedownיָרָֽדָה׃ סya.Ra.dahH3381.

9Thewritingמִכְתָּ֖בmikh.TavH4385ofHezekiahלְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּle.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, when he had beensickבַּחֲלֹת֕וֹba.cha.lo.ToH2470, and hadrecoveredוַיְחִ֖יvay.ChiH2421from hissicknessמֵחָלְיֽוֹ׃me.chal.YoH2483:

10Isaidאָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559in the cuttingoffבִּדְמִ֥יbid.MiH1824of mydaysיָמַ֛יya.MaiH3117, I shallgoH3212to thegatesבְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣יbe.sha.'a.ReiH8179of thegraveשְׁא֑וֹלshe.'olH7585: I amdeprivedפֻּקַּ֖דְתִּיpu.Kad.tiH6485of therestיֶ֥תֶרYe.terH3499of myyearsשְׁנוֹתָֽי׃she.no.TaiH8141.

11Isaidאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiH559, I shall notseeאֶרְאֶ֣ה'er.'EhH7200theLORDיָ֔הּYahH3050, even theLORDיָ֖הּyahH3050, in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of thelivingהַחַיִּ֑יםha.chai.YimH2416: I shallbeholdאַבִּ֥יט'a.BitH5027manאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120no more with theinhabitantsי֥וֹשְׁבֵיYo.o.she.veiH3427of theworldחָֽדֶל׃Cha.delH2309.

12Myageדּוֹרִ֗יdo.RiH1755hathdepartedנִסַּ֧עni.Sa'H5265, and isremovedוְנִגְלָ֛הve.nig.LahH1540from me as ashepherd’sH7473tentכְּאֹ֣הֶלke.'O.helH168: I have cutoffקִפַּ֨דְתִּיki.Pad.tiH7088like aweaverכָאֹרֵ֤גkha.'o.RegH707mylifeחַיַּי֙chai.YaiH2416: he will cut meoffיְבַצְּעֵ֔נִיye.va.tze.'E.niH1214with piningsicknessמִדַּלָּ֣הmi.da.LahH1803: fromdayמִיּ֥וֹםmi.YomH3117even tonightלַ֖יְלָהLay.lahH3915wilt thou make anendתַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃tash.li.Me.niH7999of me.

13Ireckonedשִׁוִּ֤יתִיshi.Vi.tiH7737tillmorningבֹּ֙קֶר֙bo.kerH1242, that, as alionכָּֽאֲרִ֔יka.'a.RiH738, so will hebreakיְשַׁבֵּ֖רye.sha.BerH7665all mybonesעַצְמוֹתָ֑יatz.mo.TaiH6106: fromdayמִיּ֥וֹםmi.YomH3117even tonightלַ֖יְלָהLay.lahH3915wilt thou make anendתַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃tash.li.Me.niH7999of me.

14Like acraneכְּס֤וּסke.SusH5483or aswallowעָגוּר֙'a.GurH5693, so Ichatteredאֲצַפְצֵ֔ף'a.tzaf.TzefH6850: Imournedאֶהְגֶּ֖ה'eh.GehH1897as adoveכַּיּוֹנָ֑הkai.yo.NahH3123: myeyesעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869failדַּלּ֤וּda.LuH1809with lookingupwardלַמָּר֔וֹםla.ma.RomH4791: OLORDH3068, I amoppressedעָֽשְׁקָה־'a.she.kah-H6234;undertakeעָרְבֵֽנִי׃'a.re.Ve.niH6148for me.

15What shall Isayאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696? he hath bothspokenוְאָֽמַר־ve.'a.mar-H559to me, and himself hathdoneעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213it : I shall gosoftlyאֶדַּדֶּ֥ה'ed.da.DehH1718all myyearsשְׁנוֹתַ֖יshe.no.TaiH8141in thebitternessמַ֥רmarH4751of mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

16OLordאֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiH136, by these things menliveיִֽחְי֑וּyich.YuH2421, and in all these things is thelifeחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416of myspiritרוּחִ֔יru.ChiH7307: so wilt thourestoreוְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִיve.ta.cha.li.Me.niH2492me, and make me toliveוְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃ve.ha.cha.Ye.niH2421.

17Behold, forpeaceלְשָׁל֖וֹםle.sha.LomH7965I had greatbitternessמַר־ מָ֑רmar- MarH4751 H4843: but thou hast inloveחָשַׁ֤קְתָּcha.Shak.taH2836to mysoulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315delivered it from thepitמִשַּׁ֣חַתmi.Sha.chatH7845ofcorruptionבְּלִ֔יbe.LiH1097: for thou hastcastהִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּhish.Lakh.taH7993all mysinsחֲטָאָֽי׃cha.ta.'AiH2399behindאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310thybackגֵוְךָ֖ge.ve.KhaH1460.

18For thegraveשְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olH7585cannotpraiseתּוֹדֶ֖ךָּto.De.kaH3034thee,deathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194can notcelebrateיְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּye.ha.Le.kaH1984thee: they that godownיֽוֹרְדֵי־yor.dei-H3381into thepitב֖וֹרVorH953cannothopeיְשַׂבְּר֥וּye.sa.be.RuH7663for thytruthאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃'a.mi.Te.khaH571.

19Thelivingחַ֥יchaiH2416, thelivingחַ֛יchaiH2416, he shallpraiseיוֹדֶ֖ךָyo.De.khaH3034thee, as I do thisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117: thefatherאָ֣ב'avH1to thechildrenלְבָנִ֔יםle.va.NimH1121shall makeknownיוֹדִ֖יעַyo.Di.a'H3045thytruthאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃'a.mi.Te.khaH571.

20TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was ready tosaveלְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִיle.ho.shi.'E.niH3467me: therefore we will sing mysongsוּנְגִנוֹתַ֧יu.ne.gi.no.TaiH5058to the stringedinstrumentsנְנַגֵּ֛ןne.na.GenH5059all thedaysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117of ourlifeחַיֵּ֖ינוּchai.Yei.nuH2416in thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

21ForIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470hadsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Let themtakeיִשְׂא֖וּyis.'UH5375alumpדְּבֶ֣לֶתde.Ve.letH1690offigsתְּאֵנִ֑יםte.'e.NimH8384, and lay it for aplasterוְיִמְרְח֥וּve.yim.re.ChuH4799upon theboilהַשְּׁחִ֖יןha.she.ChinH7822, and he shallrecoverוְיֶֽחִי׃ve.Ye.chiH2421.

22Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396also hadsaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, What is thesignא֑וֹת'otH226that I shall goupאֶעֱלֶ֖ה'e.'e.LehH5927to thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068?

Commentaries on Isaiah 38

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