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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah: 'Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken.' He said moreover: 'If but there shall be peace and truth in my days.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.'

וְנִגְלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָא֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Hark! one saith: 'Proclaim!' And he saith: 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field;

וְאָמַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

וְשָׁקַ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”

With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?

וַיְבִינֵ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

וַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.

וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃ (וַ) va “and”

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';

וָאֹ֤מַר (וָ) va. “and”

I have roused up one from the north, and he is come, from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon My name; and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

וַיַּ֔את (וַ) va “and”

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, in paths that they knew not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and rugged places plain. These things will I do, and I will not leave them undone.

וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore He poured upon him the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not, and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְעַר־ (וַ) va. “and”

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have announced, and there was no strange god among you; therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and I am God.

וְהִשְׁמַ֔עְתִּי (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.

וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

וְצָמְח֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The smith maketh an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

וּפָעַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּיעָֽף׃ (וַ) va “and”

The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.

וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְאַמֶּץ־ (וַ) va “and”

Then a man useth it for fuel; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֔חָם (וַ) va “and”וְאָ֣פָה (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסְגָּד־ (וַ) va “and”

And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I am the LORD, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.

וָאֶקְרָ֤א (וָ) va. “and”

I bring near My righteousness, it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel My glory.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”