Yeshayah 1 — Hebrew–OJB Interlinear

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חֲזוֹן֙ SDBH [This is] the vision יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ SDBH Isaiah בֶן־ SDBH son אָמ֔וֹץ SDBH of Amoz אֲשֶׁ֣ר SDBH that חָזָ֔ה SDBH saw עַל־ concerning יְהוּדָ֖ה SDBH Judah וִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם SDBH and Jerusalem בִּימֵ֨י SDBH during the reigns עֻזִּיָּ֧הוּ SDBH of Uzziah יוֹתָ֛ם SDBH Jotham אָחָ֥ז SDBH Ahaz יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ SDBH and Hezekiah מַלְכֵ֥י SDBH kings יְהוּדָֽה׃ SDBH of Judah

The chazon (vision) of Yeshayah ben Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim in the yamim of Uziyahu, Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyahu, melachim of Yehudah.

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שִׁמְע֤וּ SDBH Listen שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ SDBH O heavens וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי SDBH and give ear אֶ֔רֶץ SDBH O earth כִּ֥י for יְהוָ֖ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi דִּבֵּ֑ר SDBH has spoken בָּנִים֙ SDBH children גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי SDBH I have raised וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי SDBH and brought them up וְהֵ֖ם SDBH but they פָּ֥שְׁעוּ SDBH have rebelled בִֽי׃ against Me

Hear, O Shomayim, and give ear, O Eretz, for Hashem hath spoken; I have nourished and brought up banim, and they have rebelled against Me [I.E., WILLFULLY FLOUTED MY AUTHORITY. SEE YESHAYAH 53:5,8].

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יָדַ֥ע SDBH knows שׁוֹר֙ SDBH The ox קֹנֵ֔הוּ SDBH its owner וַחֲמ֖וֹר SDBH and the donkey אֵב֣וּס SDBH manger בְּעָלָ֑יו SDBH its master’s יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ SDBH but Israel לֹ֣א SDBH does not יָדַ֔ע SDBH know עַמִּ֖י SDBH My people לֹ֥א SDBH do not הִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ SDBH understand

The ox knoweth his owner, and the donkey his master's manger; but Yisroel doth not know, My people doth not consider.

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ה֣וֹי׀ SDBH Alas גּ֣וֹי SDBH nation חֹטֵ֗א SDBH O sinful עַ֚ם SDBH a people כֶּ֣בֶד SDBH laden עָוֺ֔ן SDBH with iniquity זֶ֣רַע SDBH a brood מְרֵעִ֔ים SDBH of evildoers בָּנִ֖ים SDBH children מַשְׁחִיתִ֑ים SDBH who act corruptly עָזְב֣וּ SDBH They have forsaken אֶת־ SDBH - יְהוָ֗ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi נִֽאֲצ֛וּ SDBH they have despised אֶת־ SDBH - קְד֥וֹשׁ SDBH the Holy יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל SDBH One of Israel נָזֹ֥רוּ SDBH [and] turned אָחֽוֹר׃ SDBH their backs on Him

Ah, goy choteh (sinful nation), a people weighed down with avon (guilt, iniquity), zera of evildoers, banim of corruption; they forsook Hashem, they have spurned the Kadosh Yisroel (the Holy One of Yisroel), they have turned their back on Him. [T.N. HERE WE SEE IT IS 'MY PEOPLE' (EX 6:6-7) WHO ARE STRICKEN, WHEREAS IN YESHAYAH 53:8 IT IS MOSHIACH BEN DOVID WHO IS STRICKEN FOR MY PEOPLE.]

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עַ֣ל Why מֶ֥ה SDBH . . . תֻכּ֛וּ SDBH beatings ע֖וֹד do you want more תּוֹסִ֣יפוּ SDBH Why do you keep סָרָ֑ה SDBH rebelling כָּל־ has a massive רֹ֣אשׁ SDBH Your head לָחֳלִ֔י SDBH wound וְכָל־ and your whole לֵבָ֖ב SDBH heart דַּוָּֽי׃ SDBH is afflicted

Why, seeing that ye will be stricken again, will ye rebel stubbornly again? The kol rosh is sick, and the kol levav faint.

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מִכַּף־ SDBH From the sole רֶ֤גֶל SDBH of your foot וְעַד־ SDBH to the top רֹאשׁ֙ SDBH of your head אֵֽין־ SDBH [there is] no בּ֣וֹ מְתֹ֔ם SDBH soundness פֶּ֥צַע SDBH only wounds וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה SDBH and welts וּמַכָּ֣ה SDBH sores טְרִיָּ֑ה SDBH and festering לֹא־ SDBH neither זֹ֙רוּ֙ SDBH cleansed וְלֹ֣א SDBH nor חֻבָּ֔שׁוּ SDBH bandaged וְלֹ֥א SDBH nor רֻכְּכָ֖ה SDBH soothed בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ SDBH with oil

From the sole of the regel even unto the rosh there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores; they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither soothed with shemen.

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אַרְצְכֶ֣ם SDBH Your land שְׁמָמָ֔ה SDBH is desolate עָרֵיכֶ֖ם SDBH your cities שְׂרֻפ֣וֹת SDBH [are] burned אֵ֑שׁ SDBH with fire אַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם SDBH your fields לְנֶגְדְּכֶם֙ before you זָרִים֙ SDBH Foreigners אֹכְלִ֣ים SDBH devour אֹתָ֔הּ SDBH - וּשְׁמָמָ֖ה SDBH a desolation כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥ת SDBH demolished זָרִֽים׃ SDBH by strangers

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with eish; your land, zarim devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by zarim.

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וְנוֹתְרָ֥ה SDBH is abandoned בַת־ SDBH And the Daughter צִיּ֖וֹן SDBH of Zion כְּסֻכָּ֣ה SDBH like a shelter בְכָ֑רֶם SDBH in a vineyard כִּמְלוּנָ֥ה SDBH like a shack בְמִקְשָׁ֖ה SDBH in a cucumber field כְּעִ֥יר SDBH like a city נְצוּרָֽה׃ SDBH besieged

And the Bat Tziyon (i.e., Yerushalayim) is left as a sukkah in a kerem (vineyard), as a shack in a cucumber field, as an ir (city) under siege.

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לוּלֵי֙ SDBH Unless יְהוָ֣ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi צְבָא֔וֹת SDBH of Hosts הוֹתִ֥יר SDBH had left לָ֛נוּ us שָׂרִ֖יד SDBH survivors כִּמְעָ֑ט SDBH a few כִּסְדֹ֣ם SDBH like Sodom הָיִ֔ינוּ we would have become לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה SDBH Gomorrah דָּמִֽינוּ׃ס SDBH we would have resembled

Except Hashem Tzva'os had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Amora (Gomorrah).

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שִׁמְע֥וּ SDBH Hear דְבַר־ SDBH the word יְהוָ֖ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi קְצִינֵ֣י SDBH you rulers סְדֹ֑ם SDBH of Sodom הַאֲזִ֛ינוּ SDBH listen תּוֹרַ֥ת SDBH to the instruction אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ SDBH of our G-d עַ֥ם SDBH you people עֲמֹרָֽה׃ SDBH of Gomorrah

Hear the Devar Hashem, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the Torat Eloheinu, ye people of Amora (Gomorrah).

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לָמָּה־ SDBH What [good] לִּ֤י to Me רֹב־ [is] your multitude זִבְחֵיכֶם֙ SDBH of sacrifices יֹאמַ֣ר SDBH says יְהוָ֔ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי SDBH I am full עֹל֥וֹת SDBH from the burnt offerings אֵילִ֖ים SDBH of rams וְחֵ֣לֶב SDBH and the fat מְרִיאִ֑ים SDBH of well-fed cattle וְדַ֨ם SDBH in the blood פָּרִ֧ים SDBH of bulls וּכְבָשִׂ֛ים SDBH and lambs וְעַתּוּדִ֖ים SDBH and goats לֹ֥א SDBH vvv חָפָֽצְתִּי׃ SDBH I take no delight

To what purpose is the multitude of your zevakhim unto Me? saith Hashem; I am fed up of the olot (burnt offerings) of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the dahm of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

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כִּ֣י When תָבֹ֔אוּ SDBH you come לֵרָא֖וֹת SDBH to appear פָּנָ֑י before Me מִי־ SDBH who בִקֵּ֥שׁ SDBH has required זֹ֛את SDBH this מִיֶּדְכֶ֖ם SDBH of you רְמֹ֥ס SDBH this trampling חֲצֵרָֽי׃ SDBH of My courts

When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample khatzerai (My courts)?

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לֹ֣א SDBH no תוֹסִ֗יפוּ SDBH more הָבִיא֙ SDBH Bring מִנְחַת־ SDBH offerings שָׁ֔וְא SDBH your worthless קְטֹ֧רֶת SDBH your incense תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה SDBH is detestable הִ֖יא SDBH . . . לִ֑י to Me חֹ֤דֶשׁ SDBH New Moons וְשַׁבָּת֙ SDBH Sabbaths קְרֹ֣א SDBH and convocations מִקְרָ֔א SDBH . . . לֹא־ SDBH I cannot אוּכַ֥ל SDBH endure אָ֖וֶן SDBH iniquity וַעֲצָרָֽה׃ SDBH in a solemn assembly

Bring no more futile minchot; ketoret is an abomination unto Me; Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) and Shabbos, the calling of assemblies--I cannot endure aven (wickedness) and atzarah (solemn convocation).

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חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֤ם SDBH your New Moons וּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם֙ SDBH and your appointed feasts שָׂנְאָ֣ה SDBH hate נַפְשִׁ֔י SDBH I הָי֥וּ They have become עָלַ֖י to Me לָטֹ֑רַח SDBH a burden נִלְאֵ֖יתִי SDBH I am weary נְשֹֽׂא׃ SDBH of bearing them

Your Rosh Chodesh and your Mo'adim My Nefesh hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

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וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם SDBH When you spread out כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם SDBH your hands in prayer אַעְלִ֤ים SDBH I will hide עֵינַי֙ SDBH My eyes מִכֶּ֔ם from you גַּ֛ם SDBH even כִּֽי־ though תַרְבּ֥וּ you multiply תְפִלָּ֖ה SDBH your prayers אֵינֶ֣נִּי SDBH I will not שֹׁמֵ֑עַ SDBH listen יְדֵיכֶ֖ם SDBH Your hands דָּמִ֥ים SDBH with blood מָלֵֽאוּ׃ SDBH are covered

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many tefillah, I will not hear; your hands are full of dahmim.

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רַחֲצוּ֙ SDBH Wash הִזַּכּ֔וּ SDBH and cleanse yourselves הָסִ֛ירוּ SDBH Remove רֹ֥עַ SDBH your evil מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם SDBH deeds מִנֶּ֣גֶד from עֵינָ֑י SDBH My sight חִדְל֖וּ SDBH Stop הָרֵֽעַ׃ SDBH doing evil

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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לִמְד֥וּ SDBH Learn הֵיטֵ֛ב SDBH to do right דִּרְשׁ֥וּ SDBH seek מִשְׁפָּ֖ט SDBH justice אַשְּׁר֣וּ SDBH [and] correct חָמ֑וֹץ SDBH the oppressor שִׁפְט֣וּ SDBH Defend יָת֔וֹם SDBH the fatherless רִ֖יבוּ SDBH [and] plead the case אַלְמָנָֽה׃ס SDBH of the widow

Learn to do good; seek mishpat, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the almanah.

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לְכוּ־ SDBH Come נָ֛א now וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה SDBH let us reason together יֹאמַ֣ר SDBH says יְהוָ֑ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi אִם־ SDBH Though יִֽהְי֨וּ are חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם SDBH your sins כַּשָּׁנִים֙ SDBH like scarlet כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג SDBH as snow יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ SDBH they will be as white אִם־ SDBH though יַאְדִּ֥ימוּ SDBH they are as red כַתּוֹלָ֖ע SDBH as crimson כַּצֶּ֥מֶר SDBH like wool יִהְיֽוּ׃ they will become

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Hashem; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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אִם־ SDBH If תֹּאב֖וּ SDBH you are willing וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם SDBH and obedient ט֥וּב SDBH the best הָאָ֖רֶץ SDBH of the land תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ SDBH you will eat

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of ha'aretz;

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וְאִם־ SDBH But if תְּמָאֲנ֖וּ SDBH you resist וּמְרִיתֶ֑ם SDBH and rebel חֶ֣רֶב SDBH by the sword תְּאֻכְּל֔וּ SDBH you will be devoured כִּ֛י For פִּ֥י SDBH the mouth יְהוָ֖ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi דִּבֵּֽר׃ס SDBH has spoken

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the cherev; for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken.

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אֵיכָה֙ SDBH [See] how הָיְתָ֣ה has become לְזוֹנָ֔ה SDBH a harlot קִרְיָ֖ה SDBH city נֶאֱמָנָ֑ה SDBH the faithful מְלֵאֲתִ֣י SDBH . . . מִשְׁפָּ֗ט SDBH She once was full of justice צֶ֛דֶק SDBH righteousness יָלִ֥ין SDBH resided בָּ֖הּ within her וְעַתָּ֥ה SDBH but now only מְרַצְּחִֽים׃ SDBH murderers

How is the Kiryah Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e., Yerushalayim) become a zonah (harlot)! It was full of mishpat; tzedek lodged in it; but now murderers.

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כַּסְפֵּ֖ךְ SDBH Your silver הָיָ֣ה has become לְסִיגִ֑ים SDBH dross סָבְאֵ֖ךְ SDBH your fine wine מָה֥וּל SDBH is diluted בַּמָּֽיִם׃ SDBH with water

Thy kesef is become dross, thy wine mixed with mayim:

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שָׂרַ֣יִךְ SDBH Your rulers סוֹרְרִ֗ים SDBH are rebels וְחַבְרֵי֙ SDBH friends גַּנָּבִ֔ים SDBH of thieves כֻּלּוֹ֙ They all אֹהֵ֣ב SDBH love שֹׁ֔חַד SDBH bribes וְרֹדֵ֖ף SDBH and chasing after שַׁלְמֹנִ֑ים SDBH rewards יָתוֹם֙ SDBH the fatherless לֹ֣א SDBH They do not יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּ SDBH defend וְרִ֥יב SDBH and the plea אַלְמָנָ֖ה SDBH of the widow לֹֽא־ SDBH never יָב֥וֹא SDBH comes אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃פ before them

Thy sarim (princes) are rebellious, and companions of ganavim: every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they give no justice to the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the almanah come unto them.

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לָכֵ֗ן SDBH Therefore נְאֻ֤ם SDBH declares הָֽאָדוֹן֙ SDBH the Lord יְהוָ֣ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi צְבָא֔וֹת SDBH of Hosts אֲבִ֖יר SDBH the Mighty יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל SDBH One of Israel ה֚וֹי SDBH Ah אֶנָּחֵ֣ם SDBH I will be relieved מִצָּרַ֔י SDBH of My foes וְאִנָּקְמָ֖ה SDBH and avenge Myself מֵאוֹיְבָֽי׃ SDBH on My enemies

Therefore saith HaAdon, Hashem Tzva'os, Avir Yisroel (the Mighty One of Yisroel), Ah, I will relieve Myself of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies:

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וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה SDBH I will turn יָדִי֙ SDBH My hand עָלַ֔יִךְ against you וְאֶצְרֹ֥ף SDBH I will thoroughly purge כַּבֹּ֖ר SDBH . . . סִיגָ֑יִךְ SDBH your dross וְאָסִ֖ירָה SDBH I will remove כָּל־ all בְּדִילָֽיִךְ׃ SDBH your impurities

And I will turn My hand upon thee, and refine away thy impurities, and take away all thy alloy:

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וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה SDBH I will restore שֹׁפְטַ֙יִךְ֙ SDBH your judges כְּבָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה SDBH as at first וְיֹעֲצַ֖יִךְ SDBH and your counselors כְּבַתְּחִלָּ֑ה SDBH as at the beginning אַחֲרֵי־ SDBH After that כֵ֗ן SDBH . . . יִקָּ֤רֵא SDBH you will be called לָךְ֙ עִ֣יר SDBH the City הַצֶּ֔דֶק SDBH of Righteousness קִרְיָ֖ה SDBH City נֶאֱמָנָֽה׃ SDBH the Faithful

And I will restore thy shofetim as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The Ir HaTzedek, the Kiryah Ne'emanah.

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צִיּ֖וֹן SDBH Zion בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט SDBH with justice תִּפָּדֶ֑ה SDBH will be redeemed וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָ SDBH her repentant ones בִּצְדָקָֽה׃ SDBH with righteousness

Tziyon shall be redeemed with mishpat, and those in her who make teshuvah with tzedakah.

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וְשֶׁ֧בֶר SDBH be shattered פֹּשְׁעִ֛ים SDBH But rebels וְחַטָּאִ֖ים SDBH and sinners יַחְדָּ֑ו SDBH will together וְעֹזְבֵ֥י SDBH and those who forsake יְהוָ֖ה SDBH Hashem/Adonoi יִכְלֽוּ׃ SDBH will perish

And the destruction of the poshe'im and of the chote'im shall be together, and they that forsake Hashem shall be consumed.

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כִּ֣י Surely יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ SDBH you will be ashamed מֵאֵילִ֖ים SDBH of the sacred oaks אֲשֶׁ֣ר SDBH - חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם SDBH in which you have delighted וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ SDBH you will be embarrassed מֵהַגַּנּ֖וֹת SDBH by the gardens אֲשֶׁ֥ר SDBH that בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ SDBH you have chosen

For they shall be ashamed of the sacred oaks which ye have delighted in, and ye shall blush for the gannot (gardens) that ye have chosen.

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כִּ֣י For תִֽהְי֔וּ you will become כְּאֵלָ֖ה SDBH like an oak נֹבֶ֣לֶת SDBH are withered עָלֶ֑הָ SDBH whose leaves וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה SDBH like a garden אֲשֶׁר־ SDBH - מַ֖יִם SDBH water אֵ֥ין SDBH without לָֽהּ׃

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no mayim. [T.N. THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE OF THE APOSTATE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER POINTS TO THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE OF GEHINNOM IN THE LAST VERSE OF THE LAST CHAPTER (66:24) AND THE LOATHESOMENESS OF THOSE THERE--DANIEL 12:2].

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וְהָיָ֤ה will become הֶחָסֹן֙ SDBH The strong man לִנְעֹ֔רֶת SDBH tinder וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ SDBH and his work לְנִיצ֑וֹץ SDBH [will be] a spark וּבָעֲר֧וּ SDBH will burn שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם SDBH both יַחְדָּ֖ו SDBH together וְאֵ֥ין SDBH with no one מְכַבֶּֽה׃ס SDBH to quench the flames

And the strong shall be as tinder, and the maker of it [the idol] as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.