Isaiah 42
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- 1Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
- הֵ֤ן
- הֵ֤ןhenhere!H2005
- עַבְדִּי֙
- אֶתְמָךְ־
- אֶתְמָךְ'et.mokh-[whom] I supportH8551
- בּ֔וֹ
- בְּחִירִ֖י
- רָצְתָ֣ה
- רָצְתָ֣הra.tze.Tah[whom] it is pleased withH7521
- נַפְשִׁ֑י
- נָתַ֤תִּי
- נָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiI have putH5414H
- רוּחִי֙
- עָלָ֔יו
- מִשְׁפָּ֖ט
- מִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatjusticeH4941H
- לַגּוֹיִ֥ם
- יוֹצִֽיא׃
- יוֹצִֽיאyo.Tzi'he will bring forthH3318H
- הֵ֤ן
- 2He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
- 3A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
- 4He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
- לֹ֤א
- לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
- יִכְהֶה֙
- יִכְהֶה֙yikh.Hehhe will grow dimH3543A
- וְלֹ֣א
- יָר֔וּץ
- יָר֔וּץya.Rutzhe will be crushedH7533
- עַד־
- עַד'ad-untilH5704
- יָשִׂ֥ים
- יָשִׂ֥יםya.Simhe will establishH7760A
- בָּאָ֖רֶץ
- מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
- מִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatjusticeH4941H
- וּלְתוֹרָת֖וֹ
- אִיִּ֥ים
- אִיִּ֥ים'i.YimislandsH0339
- יְיַחֵֽילוּ׃
- יְיַחֵֽילוּye.ya.Chei.luthey will waitH3176H
- לֹ֤א
- 5Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
- כֹּֽה־
- כֹּֽהkoh-thusH3541
- אָמַ֞ר
- אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH0559
- הָאֵ֣ל׀
- יְהוָ֗ה
- יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- בּוֹרֵ֤א
- בּוֹרֵ֤אbo.Re'[who] createdH1254A
- הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
- וְנ֣וֹטֵיהֶ֔ם
- רֹקַ֥ע
- רֹקַ֥עro.Ka'[who] spread outH7554
- הָאָ֖רֶץ
- וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָ
- נֹתֵ֤ן
- נֹתֵ֤ןno.Ten[who] givesH5414G
- נְשָׁמָה֙
- נְשָׁמָה֙ne.sha.MahbreathH5397
- לָעָ֣ם
- עָלֶ֔יהָ
- וְר֖וּחַ
- לַהֹלְכִ֥ים
- בָּֽהּ׃
- כֹּֽה־
- 6I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
- 7To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
- 8I `am' Jehovah, this `is' My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.
- 9The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת
- הִנֵּה־
- הִנֵּהhi.neh-there!H2009
- בָ֑אוּ
- בָ֑אוּVa.'uthey have comeH0935G
- וַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙
- אֲנִ֣י
- אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH0589
- מַגִּ֔יד
- מַגִּ֔ידma.Gid[am] about to tellH5046
- בְּטֶ֥רֶם
- תִּצְמַ֖חְנָה
- תִּצְמַ֖חְנָהtitz.Mach.nahthey will spring upH6779
- אַשְׁמִ֥יע
- אַשְׁמִ֥יע'ash.Mi'I will cause to hear [them]H8085I
- אֶתְכֶֽם׃
- 10Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.
- 11The wilderness and its cities do lift up `the voice', The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.
- יִשְׂא֤וּ
- יִשְׂא֤וּyis.'Ulet them lift upH5375N
- מִדְבָּר֙
- מִדְבָּר֙mid.Bar[the] wildernessH4057B
- וְעָרָ֔יו
- חֲצֵרִ֖ים
- חֲצֵרִ֖יםcha.tze.Rim[the] villagesH2691B
- תֵּשֵׁ֣ב
- תֵּשֵׁ֣בte.Shev[where] it dwellsH3427
- קֵדָ֑ר
- קֵדָ֑רke.DarKedarH6938
- יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙
- יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ya.Ro.nulet them shout for joyH7442B
- יֹ֣שְׁבֵי
- יֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
- סֶ֔לַע
- סֶ֔לַעSe.la'SelaH5554
- מֵרֹ֥אשׁ
- הָרִ֖ים
- הָרִ֖יםha.Rim[the] mountainsH2022G
- יִצְוָֽחוּ׃
- יִצְוָֽחוּyitz.Va.chulet them cry aloudH6681
- יִשְׂא֤וּ
- 12They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.
- 13Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.
- יְהוָה֙
- יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068G
- כַּגִּבּ֣וֹר
- יֵצֵ֔א
- יֵצֵ֔אye.Tze'he will go forthH3318G
- כְּאִ֥ישׁ
- מִלְחָמ֖וֹת
- מִלְחָמ֖וֹתmil.cha.Motwar<s>H4421
- יָעִ֣יר
- יָעִ֣ירya.'Irhe will stir upH5782
- קִנְאָ֑ה
- קִנְאָ֑הkin.'AhzealH7068
- יָרִ֙יעַ֙
- יָרִ֙יעַ֙ya.Ri.a'he will raise a war-cryH7321
- אַף־
- אַף'af-alsoH0637
- יַצְרִ֔יחַ
- יַצְרִ֔יחַyatz.Ri.achhe will raise a battle-shoutH6873
- עַל־
- עַל'al-overH5921A
- אֹיְבָ֖יו
- יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃
- יִתְגַּבָּֽרyit.ga.Barhe will prevailH1396
- יְהוָה֙
- 14I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
- הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙
- הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙he.che.Shei.tiI have been silentH2814
- מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם
- אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ
- אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ'a.cha.RishI have kept silentH2790B
- אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק
- אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק'et.'a.PakI have restrained myselfH0662
- כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה
- אֶפְעֶ֔ה
- אֶפְעֶ֔ה'ef.'EhI groanH6463
- אֶשֹּׁ֥ם
- אֶשֹּׁ֥ם'e.ShomI puffH5395
- וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף
- יָֽחַד׃
- יָֽחַדYa.chadtogetherH3162A
- הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙
- 15I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
- 16And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These `are' the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
- וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י
- עִוְרִ֗ים
- עִוְרִ֗ים'iv.Rimblind [people]H5787
- בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙
- לֹ֣א
- לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808
- יָדָ֔עוּ
- יָדָ֔עוּya.Da.'uthey have knownH3045
- בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת
- לֹֽא־
- לֹֽאlo'-[which] notH3808
- יָדְע֖וּ
- יָדְע֖וּya.de.'Uthey have knownH3045
- אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם
- אָשִׂים֩
- אָשִׂים֩'a.SimI will makeH7760A
- מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ
- מַחְשָׁ֨ךְmach.Shakh[the] dark placeH4285
- לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם
- לָא֗וֹר
- וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙
- לְמִישׁ֔וֹר
- אֵ֚לֶּה
- אֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehtheseH0428
- הַדְּבָרִ֔ים
- עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם
- וְלֹ֥א
- עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃
- 17Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye `are' our gods.'
- 18Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
- 19Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
- מִ֤י
- מִ֤יmiwho?H4310
- עִוֵּר֙
- עִוֵּר֙'i.Ver[is] blindH5787
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkithatH3588B
- אִם־
- אִם'im-exceptH0518B
- עַבְדִּ֔י
- וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ
- כְּמַלְאָכִ֣י
- אֶשְׁלָ֑ח
- אֶשְׁלָ֑ח'esh.Lach[whom] I will sendH7971G
- מִ֤י
- מִ֤יmiwho?H4310
- עִוֵּר֙
- עִוֵּר֙'i.Ver[is] blindH5787
- כִּמְשֻׁלָּ֔ם
- וְעִוֵּ֖ר
- כְּעֶ֥בֶד
- יְהוָֽה׃
- יְהוָֽהYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- מִ֤י
- 20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
- רָא֥וֹתQere, written (Ketiv): רָאִיתָ
- רָא֥וֹתra.'i.tayou have seenH7200G
- רַבּ֖וֹת
- רַבּ֖וֹתra.Botmany [things]H7227A
- וְלֹ֣א
- תִשְׁמֹ֑ר
- תִשְׁמֹ֑רtish.Moryou keep [them]H8104I
- פָּק֥וֹחַ
- פָּק֥וֹחַpa.Ko.achthey are openH6491
- אָזְנַ֖יִם
- אָזְנַ֖יִם'a.ze.Na.yimearsH0241G
- וְלֹ֥א
- יִשְׁמָֽע׃
- יִשְׁמָֽעyish.Ma'he listensH8085G
- רָא֥וֹתQere, written (Ketiv): רָאִיתָ
- 21Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
- 22And this `is' a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'
- וְהוּא֮
- עַם־
- עַם'am-[is] a peopleH5971A
- בָּז֣וּז
- בָּז֣וּזba.ZuzdespoiledH0962
- וְשָׁסוּי֒
- הָפֵ֤חַ
- הָפֵ֤חַha.Fe.achthey are trappedH6351
- בַּֽחוּרִים֙
- כֻּלָּ֔ם
- וּבְבָתֵּ֥י
- כְלָאִ֖ים
- כְלָאִ֖יםkhe.la.'Imimprisonment<s>H3608
- הָחְבָּ֑אוּ
- הָחְבָּ֑אוּha.che.Ba.'uthey are hiddenH2244
- הָי֤וּ
- הָי֤וּha.Yuthey have becomeH1961
- לָבַז֙
- וְאֵ֣ין
- מַצִּ֔יל
- מַצִּ֔ילma.Tzil[is] a delivererH5337
- מְשִׁסָּ֖ה
- מְשִׁסָּ֖הme.shi.SahplunderH4933
- וְאֵין־
- אֹמֵ֥ר
- אֹמֵ֥ר'o.Mer[is one who] saysH0559
- הָשַֽׁב׃
- הָשַֽׁבha.Shavbring [it] backH7725H
- 23Who among you giveth ear `to' this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
- 24Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.
- מִֽי־
- מִֽיmi-who?H4310
- נָתַ֨ן
- נָתַ֨ןna.Tanhas he givenH5414G
- לִמְשִׁסָּ֧הQere, written (Ketiv): לִמְשׁוֹסֶה
- יַעֲקֹ֛ב
- יַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
- וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל
- לְבֹזְזִ֖ים
- הֲל֣וֹא
- יְהוָ֑ה
- יְהוָ֑הYah.weh[was it] YahwehH3068G
- ז֚וּ
- ז֚וּzuwhomH2098
- חָטָ֣אנוּ
- חָטָ֣אנוּcha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398
- ל֔וֹ
- וְלֹֽא־
- אָב֤וּ
- אָב֤וּ'a.Vuthey were willingH0014
- בִדְרָכָיו֙
- הָל֔וֹךְ
- הָל֔וֹךְha.Lokhto walkH1980I
- וְלֹ֥א
- שָׁמְע֖וּ
- שָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'Uthey listenedH8085H
- בְּתוֹרָתֽוֹ׃
- מִֽי־
- 25And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!
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