H7223H–רִאשׁוֹן–ri.shon

There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים (רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים) ri.sho.Nim “former [things]”

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים (רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים) Ri.sho.Nim “former”

In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן (רִאשׁ֗וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

הָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת׀ (רִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת) ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת (רִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת) ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say,

וְרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת (רִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת) ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.

רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹת ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹת ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ (רִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙) ri.sho.nOt “former [things]”

And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.

רִֽאשֹׁנִ֖ים ri.sho.Nim “former”

For their sins and the sins of their fathers, who were burning perfumes on the mountains, and saying evil things against me on the hills: so I will take the measure of their sins, and will send the punishment for them into their breast.

רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה ri.sho.Nah “first”

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת (רִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת) Ri.sho.Not “former”

For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת (רִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת) Ri.sho.Not “former [things]”

You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים (רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים (רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים) Ri.sho.Nim “former”

At the time fixed he will come back and come into the south; but in the later time it will not be as it was before.

כָרִאשֹׁנָ֖ה (רִאשֹׁנָ֖ה) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.

בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ (רִאשֽׁוֹן) ri.Shon “first [month]”

And you, O tower of the flock, Ophel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, even the earlier authority, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה (רִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה) Ri.sho.Nah “former”

Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן (רִאשׁ֑וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.

הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹן (רִאשׁ֔וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים (רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔ים (רִֽאשֹׁנִ֔ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים (רִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים֙ (רִֽאשֹׁנִים֙) ri.sho.Nim “former”

And all the land will become like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of

הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ (רִאשׁוֹן֙) ri.shOn “first”