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Isaiah

Chapter 38
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Phonetic (Hebrew): bּayּami֣ym hahe֔m chala֥h chizeqiyּa֖hu lam֑ut vayּab֣o 'e֠layv yeshsha'eya֨hu ben-'am֜otz hanּabi֗y vayּo֨'mer 'ela֜yv kּoֽh-'ama֤r yehvah֙ tza֣v lebeyte֔ka kּi֛y me֥t 'atּa֖h velo֥ tiֽcheyeֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.'"

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּasּe֧b chizeqiyּa֛hu pּana֖yv 'el-haqּi֑yr vayּitepּalּe֖l 'el-yehvaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,

וַיַּסֵּ֧ב חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ פָּנָ֖יו אֶל־הַקִּ֑יר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo'ma֗r 'anּa֤h yehvah֙ zekar-na֞ 'e֣t 'ashshe֧r hitehalּa֣ketּiy lepane֗yka bּeֽ'emet֙ ubele֣b shshale֔m vehatּ֥ob bּe'eyne֖yka 'ashsi֑ytiy vayּe֥bekּe chizeqiyּa֖hu bּeki֥y gadֽol׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)And said, "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept sore.

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ זְכָר־נָ֞א אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי לְפָנֶ֗יךָ בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙ וּבְלֵ֣ב שָׁלֵ֔ם וְהַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ עָשִׂ֑יתִי וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל׃ס

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vaֽyehiy֙ dּebar-yehva֔h 'eֽl-yeshsha'eya֖hu le'moֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): hal֞oke ve'amaretּa֣ 'el-chizeqiyּa֗hu kּoֽh-'ama֤r yehvah֙ 'elohey֙ dּavi֣d 'abi֔yka shshama֨'etּiy֙ 'et-tּepilּate֔ka ra'i֖ytiy 'et-dּime'ate֑ka hineniy֙ yosi֣p 'al-yame֔yka chame֥shsh 'eshsere֖h shshanaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Go, and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.'"

הָל֞וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ יוֹסִ֣ף עַל־יָמֶ֔יךָ חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): umikּa֤p meֽleke-'ashshּur֙ 'atzּi֣yleka֔ ve'e֖t ha'i֣yr hazּo֑'t veganּoti֖y 'al-ha'i֥yr hazּoֽ't׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.'"

וּמִכַּ֤ף מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י עַל־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vezeh-lּeka֥ ha'֖ot me'e֣t yehva֑h 'ashsher֙ ya'ashse֣h yehva֔h 'et-hadּaba֥r hazּe֖h 'ashshe֥r dּibּeֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken;"

וְזֶה־לְּךָ֥ הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): hineni֣y meshshi֣yb 'et-tze֣l haֽmּa'al֡ot 'ashshe֣r yaredah֩ bema'al֨ot 'acha֥z bּashshּe֛meshsh 'achoranּi֖yt 'e֣shser ma'al֑ot vatּa֤shshab hashshּe֨meshsh֙ 'e֣shser ma'al֔ot bּaֽmּa'al֖ot 'ashshe֥r yaraֽdah׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)"Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

הִנְנִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת־צֵ֣ל הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרְדָה֩ בְמַעֲל֨וֹת אָחָ֥ז בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת וַתָּ֤שָׁב הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֔וֹת בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָֽדָה׃ס

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Phonetic (Hebrew): miketּa֖b lechizeqiyּa֣hu meֽleke-yehuda֑h bּachalot֕o vayechi֖y mechaleyֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

מִכְתָּ֖ב לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ וַיְחִ֖י מֵחָלְיֽוֹ׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): ani֣y 'ama֗retּiy bּidemi֥y yama֛y 'ele֖kah bּeshsha'are֣y shshe'֑ol pּuqּa֖detּiy ye֥ter shshenotaֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)I said in the cutting off of my days, "I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years."

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): ama֨retּiy֙ lo'-'ere'e֣h ya֔hּ ya֖hּ bּe'e֣retz hachayּi֑ym lo'-'abּi֥yt 'ada֛m '֖od 'im-y֥oshshebey chaֽdel׃
Edified Edition (EDE)I said, "I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world."

אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לֹא־אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּ֑ים לֹא־אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם־י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): dּori֗y nisּa֧ venigela֛h minּi֖y kּe'o֣hel ro'i֑y qipּa֨detּiy ka'ore֤g chayּay֙ midּalּa֣h yebatzּe'e֔niy miyּ֥om 'ad-la֖yelah tּashsheliymeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)My age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: He will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even tonight will You make an end of me.

דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): shshiui֤ytiy 'ad-bּo֨qer֙ kּֽa'ari֔y kּe֥n yeshshabּe֖r kּal-'atzemota֑y miyּ֥om 'ad-la֖yelah tּashsheliymeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day even tonight will You make an end of me.

שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כָּֽאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): kּes֤us 'agur֙ kּe֣n 'atzapetze֔p 'ehegּe֖h kּayּona֑h dּalּ֤u 'eynay֙ lamּar֔om 'adona֖y 'aֽshsheqah-lּi֥y 'arebeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): maֽh-'adabּe֥r ve'aֽmar-li֖y veh֣u 'ashsa֑h 'edּadּe֥h kal-shshenota֖y 'al-ma֥r napeshshiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

מָֽה־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר־לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל־שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): adona֖y 'aleyhe֣m yiֽchey֑u ulekal-bּahen֙ chayּe֣y ruchi֔y vetachaliyme֖niy vehachayeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so will You recover me, and make me to live.

אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל־בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): hinּe֥h leshshal֖om mar-li֣y ma֑r ve'atּa֞h chashsha֤qetּa napeshshiy֙ mishshּa֣chat bּeli֔y kּi֥y hishshela֛ketּa 'achare֥y geveka֖ kּal-chata'aֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but You have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

הִנֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם מַר־לִ֣י מָ֑ר וְאַתָּ֞ה חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ נַפְשִׁי֙ מִשַּׁ֣חַת בְּלִ֔י כִּ֥י הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גֵוְךָ֖ כָּל־חֲטָאָֽי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֣y lo֥ shshe'֛ol tּode֖kּa ma֣vet yehalele֑kּa loֽ'-yeshsabּer֥u yֽoredey-b֖or 'el-'amitּeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For the grave cannot praise You, death can not celebrate You: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ לֹֽא־יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֽוֹרְדֵי־ב֖וֹר אֶל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): cha֥y cha֛y h֥u yode֖ka kּam֣oniy hayּ֑om 'a֣b lebani֔ym yodi֖y'a 'el-'amitּeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known Your truth.

חַ֥י חַ֛י ה֥וּא יוֹדֶ֖ךָ כָּמ֣וֹנִי הַיּ֑וֹם אָ֣ב לְבָנִ֔ים יוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): yehva֖h lehoshshiy'e֑niy uneginota֧y nenagּe֛n kּal-yeme֥y chayּe֖ynu 'al-bּe֥yt yehvaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer yeshsha'eya֔hu yishse'֖u dּebe֣let tּe'eni֑ym veyimerech֥u 'aֽl-hashshּechi֖yn veyeֽchiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי׃

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Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֥'mer chizeqiyּa֖hu ma֣h '֑ot kּi֥y 'e'ele֖h bּe֥yt yehvaֽh׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?"

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מָ֣ה א֑וֹת כִּ֥י אֶעֱלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ס