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Isaiah 40:12-28

12Who hathcomprehendedמָדַ֨דma.DadH4058thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325in the hollow of hishandבְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹbe.sho.'o.LoH8168, andmeasuredתִּכֵּ֔ןti.KenH8505heavenוְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ve.sha.Ma.yimH8064with thespanבַּזֶּ֣רֶתba.Ze.retH2239, andcomprehendedוְכָ֥לve.kholH3557thedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776in ameasureבַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁba.sha.LishH7991, andweighedוְשָׁקַ֤לve.sha.KalH8254themountainsהָרִ֔יםha.RimH2022inscalesבַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ba.Pe.lesH6425, and thehillsוּגְבָע֖וֹתu.ge.va.'otH1389in abalanceבְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃be.mo.ze.Na.yimH3976?

13Who hathdirectedתִכֵּ֥ןti.KenH8505theSpiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, or being hiscounsellorוְאִ֥ישׁ עֲצָת֖וֹve.'Ish a.tza.ToH376 H6098hathtaughtיוֹדִיעֶֽנּוּ׃yo.di.'E.nuH3045him?

14With whom took hecounselנוֹעָץ֙no.'AtzH3289, and whoinstructedוַיְבִינֵ֔הוּvay.vi.Ne.huH995him, andtaughtוַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּvay.la.me.De.huH3925him in thepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941, andtaughtוַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּvay.la.me.De.huH3925himknowledgeדַ֔עַתDa.'atH1847, andshowedיוֹדִיעֶֽנּוּ׃yo.di.'E.nuH3045to him thewayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofunderstandingתְּבוּנ֖וֹתte.vu.NotH8394?

15Behold, thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471are as adropכְּמַ֣רke.MarH4752of abucketמִדְּלִ֔יmi.de.LiH1805, and arecountedנֶחְשָׁ֑בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803as the smalldustוּכְשַׁ֥חַקu.khe.Sha.chakH7834of thebalanceמֹאזְנַ֖יִםmoz.Na.yimH3976: behold, he takethupיִטּֽוֹל׃yi.TolH5190theislesאִיִּ֖ים'i.YimH339as a very littlethingכַּדַּ֥קka.DakH1851.

16AndLebanonוּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.NonH3844isnotH369sufficientדֵּ֖יdeiH1767toburnבָּעֵ֑רba.'ErH1197, nor itsbeastsוְחַיָּת֔וֹve.chai.ya.ToH2416sufficientדֵּ֖יdeiH1767for a burntofferingעוֹלָֽה׃ סo.LahH5930.

17Allnationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471before him are as nothing; and they arecountedנֶחְשְׁבוּ־nech.she.vu-H2803to him less thannothingמֵאֶ֥פֶסme.'E.fesH657, andvanityוָתֹ֖הוּva.To.huH8414.

18To whom then will yelikenתְּדַמְּי֣וּןte.da.me.YunH1819Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410? or whatlikenessדְּמ֖וּתde.MutH1823will yecompareתַּ֥עַרְכוּTa.'ar.khuH6186him to?

19Theworkmanחָרָ֔שׁcha.RashH2796castethנָסַ֣ךְna.SakhH5258a gravenimageהַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ha.Pe.selH6459, and thegoldsmithוְצֹרֵ֖ףve.tzo.RefH6884spreadethיְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּye.rak.ke.'E.nuH7554it over withgoldבַּזָּהָ֣בba.za.HavH2091, andcastethצוֹרֵֽף׃tzo.RefH6884silverכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701chainsוּרְתֻק֥וֹתu.re.tu.KotH7577.

20He that is soimpoverishedהַֽמְסֻכָּ֣ןham.su.KanH5533 H5534that he hath nooblationתְּרוּמָ֔הte.ru.MahH8641choosethיִבְחָ֑רyiv.CharH977atreeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086that will notrotיִרְקַ֖בyir.KavH7537; heseekethיְבַקֶּשׁ־ye.va.kesh-H1245for himself askilfulחָכָם֙cha.KhamH2450workmanחָרָ֤שׁcha.RashH2796toprepareלְהָכִ֥יןle.ha.KhinH3559a gravenimageפֶּ֖סֶלPe.selH6459, that shall not bemovedיִמּֽוֹט׃yi.MotH4131.

21Have ye notknownתֵֽדְעוּ֙te.de.'UH3045? have ye notheardתִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'uH8085? hath it not beentoldהֻגַּ֥דhu.GadH5046you from thebeginningמֵרֹ֖אשׁme.RoshH7218? have ye notunderstoodהֲבִ֣ינֹתֶ֔םha.Vi.no.TemH995from thefoundationsמוֹסְד֖וֹתmos.DotH4146of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776?

22It is he thatsittethהַיֹּשֵׁב֙hai.yo.ShevH3427upon thecircleח֣וּגchugH2329of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and itsinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָve.yo.she.Vei.haH3427are asgrasshoppersכַּחֲגָבִ֑יםka.cha.ga.VimH2284; that stretchethoutהַנּוֹטֶ֤הha.no.TehH5186theheavensשָׁמַ֔יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064as acurtainכַדֹּק֙kha.DokH1852, and spreadeth themoutוַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥םvai.yim.ta.ChemH4969as atentכָּאֹ֖הֶלka.'O.helH168to dwellinלָשָֽׁבֶת׃la.Sha.vetH3427:

23Thatbringethהַנּוֹתֵ֥ןha.no.TenH5414theprincesרוֹזְנִ֖יםroz.NimH7336to nothing; hemakethעָשָֽׂה׃'a.SahH6213thejudgesשֹׁ֥פְטֵיSho.fe.teiH8199of theearthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776asvanityכַּתֹּ֥הוּka.To.huH8414.

24Yea, they shall not beplantedנִטָּ֗עוּni.Ta.'uH5193; yea, they shall not besownזֹרָ֔עוּzo.Ra.'uH2232: yea, theirstockגִּזְעָ֑םgiz.'AmH1503shall not takerootשֹׁרֵ֥שׁsho.ReshH8327in theearthבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776: and he shall alsoblowנָשַׁ֤ףna.ShafH5398upon them, and they shallwitherוַיִּבָ֔שׁוּvai.yi.Va.shuH3001, and thewhirlwindוּסְעָרָ֖הu.se.'a.RahH5591shalltakeתִּשָּׂאֵֽם׃ סti.sa.'EmH5375them away asstubbleכַּקַּ֥שׁka.KashH7179.

25To whom then will yelikenתְדַמְּי֖וּנִיte.da.me.Yu.niH1819me, or to whom shall I beequalוְאֶשְׁוֶ֑הve.'esh.VehH7737?saithיֹאמַ֖רyo.MarH559the HolyOneקָדֽוֹשׁ׃ka.Do.oshH6918.

26Liftupשְׂאוּ־se.'u-H5375youreyesעֵינֵיכֶ֤ם'ei.nei.KhemH5869onhighמָר֨וֹםma.RomH4791, andbeholdוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200who hathcreatedבָרָ֣אva.Ra'H1254these things, that bringethoutהַמּוֹצִ֥יאha.mo.Tzi'H3318theirhostצְבָאָ֑םtze.va.'AmH6635bynumberבְמִסְפָּ֖רve.mis.ParH4557: hecallethיִקְרָ֔אyik.Ra'H7121them all bynamesבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034by thegreatnessמֵרֹ֤בme.RoH7230of hismightאוֹנִים֙'o.NimH202, for that he isstrongוְאַמִּ֣יץve.'a.MitzH533inpowerכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581; notoneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376failethנֶעְדָּֽר׃ סne'.DarH5737.

27Whysayestתֹאמַר֙to.MarH559thou, OJacobיַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, andspeakestוּתְדַבֵּ֖רu.te.da.BerH1696, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Mywayדַרְכִּי֙dar.KiH1870ishidנִסְתְּרָ֤הnis.te.RahH5641from theLORDמֵֽיְהוָ֔הme.Yah.wehH3068, and myjudgmentמִשְׁפָּטִ֥יmish.pa.TiH4941is passedoverיַעֲבֽוֹר׃ya.'a.VorH5674by myGodוּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖יu.me.'e.lo.HaiH430?

28Hast thou notknownיָדַ֜עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045? hast thou notheardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085, that theeverlastingעוֹלָ֤ם׀o.LamH5769Godאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theCreatorבּוֹרֵא֙bo.Re'H1254of theendsקְצ֣וֹתke.TzotH7098of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,faintethיִיעַ֖ףyi.'AfH3286not, neither iswearyיִיגָ֑עyi.Ga'H3021? there is nosearchingחֵ֖קֶרChe.kerH2714of hisunderstandingלִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃lit.vu.na.ToH8394.

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