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1. Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
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1. Hearken H8085 to H413 me , ye that follow after H7291 righteousness H6664 , ye that seek H1245 the LORD H3068 : look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn H2672 , and to H413 the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged H5365 .
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2. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
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2. Look H5027 unto H413 Abraham H85 your father H1 , and unto H413 Sarah H8283 that bore H2342 you: for H3588 I called H7121 him alone H259 , and blessed H1288 him , and increased H7235 him.
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3. For the LORD hath comforted Zion: he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
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3. For H3588 the LORD H3068 shall comfort H5162 Zion H6726 : he will comfort H5162 all H3605 her waste places H2723 ; and he will make H7760 her wilderness H4057 like Eden H5731 , and her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068 ; joy H8342 and gladness H8057 shall be found H4672 therein, thanksgiving H8426 , and the voice H6963 of melody H2172 .
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4. Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the peoples.
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4. Hearken H7181 unto H413 me , my people H5971 ; and give ear H238 unto H413 me , O my nation H3816 : for H3588 a law H8451 shall proceed H3318 from H4480 H854 me , and I will make my judgment H4941 to rest H7280 for a light H216 of the people H5971 .
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5. My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
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5. My righteousness H6664 is near H7138 ; my salvation H3468 is gone forth H3318 , and mine arms H2220 shall judge H8199 the people H5971 ; the isles H339 shall wait H6960 upon H413 me , and on H413 mine arm H2220 shall they trust H3176 .
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6. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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6. Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the heavens H8064 , and look H5027 upon H413 the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478 : for H3588 the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 like smoke H6227 , and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 like a garment H899 , and they that dwell H3427 therein shall die H4191 in like manner H3644 H3651 : but my salvation H3444 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my righteousness H6666 shall not H3808 be abolished H2865 .
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7. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
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7. Hearken H8085 unto H413 me , ye that know H3045 righteousness H6664 , the people H5971 in whose heart H3820 is my law H8451 ; fear H3372 ye not H408 the reproach H2781 of men H582 , neither H408 be ye afraid H2865 of their revilings H4480 H1421 .
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8. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
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8. For H3588 the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 like a garment H899 , and the worm H5580 shall eat H398 them like wool H6785 : but my righteousness H6666 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my salvation H3444 from generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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9. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that cut Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?
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9. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , put on H3847 strength H5797 , O arm H2220 of the LORD H3068 ; awake H5782 , as in the ancient H6924 days H3117 , in the generations H1755 of old H5769 . Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 that hath cut H2672 Rahab H7293 , and wounded H2490 the dragon H8577 ?
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10. Art thou not it which dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
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10. Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 which hath dried H2717 the sea H3220 , the waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep H8415 ; that hath made H7760 the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a way H1870 for the ransomed H1350 to pass over H5674 ?
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11. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, {cf15i and} sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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11. Therefore the redeemed H6299 of the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 , and come H935 with singing H7440 unto Zion H6726 ; and everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be upon H5921 their head H7218 : they shall obtain H5381 gladness H8342 and joy H8057 ; and sorrow H3015 and mourning H585 shall flee away H5127 .
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12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
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12. I H595 , even I H595 , am he H1931 that comforteth H5162 you: who H4310 art thou H859 , that thou shouldest be afraid H3372 of a man H4480 H582 that shall die H4191 , and of the son H4480 H1121 of man H120 which shall be made H5414 as grass H2682 ;
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13. and hast forgotten the LORD thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
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13. And forgettest H7911 the LORD H3068 thy maker H6213 , that hath stretched forth H5186 the heavens H8064 , and laid the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 ; and hast feared H6342 continually H8548 every H3605 day H3117 because H4480 H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 , as H834 if he were ready H3559 to destroy H7843 ? and where H346 is the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 ?
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14. The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die {cf15i and go down} into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
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14. The captive exile H6808 hasteneth H4116 that he may be loosed H6605 , and that he should not H3808 die H4191 in the pit H7845 , nor H3808 that his bread H3899 should fail H2637 .
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15. For I am the LORD thy God, which stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar: the LORD of hosts is his name.
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15. But I H595 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , that divided H7280 the sea H3220 , whose waves H1530 roared H1993 : The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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16. And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
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16. And I have put H7760 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 , and I have covered H3680 thee in the shadow H6738 of mine hand H3027 , that I may plant H5193 the heavens H8064 , and lay the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 , and say H559 unto Zion H6726 , Thou H859 art my people H5971 .
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17. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
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17. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , stand up H6965 , O Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 hast drunk H8354 at the hand H4480 H3027 of the LORD H3068 H853 the cup H3563 of his fury H2534 ; thou hast drunken H8354 H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , and wrung them out H4680 .
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18. There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
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18. There is none H369 to guide H5095 her among all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 whom she hath brought forth H3205 ; neither H369 is there any that taketh H2388 her by the hand H3027 of all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 that she hath brought up H1431 .
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19. These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
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19. These H2007 two H8147 things are come H7122 unto thee; who H4310 shall be sorry H5110 for thee? desolation H7701 , and destruction H7667 , and the famine H7458 , and the sword H2719 : by whom H4310 shall I comfort H5162 thee?
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20. Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
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20. Thy sons H1121 have fainted H5968 , they lie H7901 at the head H7218 of all H3605 the streets H2351 , as a wild bull H8377 in a net H4364 : they are full H4392 of the fury H2534 of the LORD H3068 , the rebuke H1606 of thy God H430 .
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21. Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
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21. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 now H4994 this H2063 , thou afflicted H6041 , and drunken H7937 , but not H3808 with wine H4480 H3196 :
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22. Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 thy Lord H113 the LORD H3068 , and thy God H430 that pleadeth the cause H7378 of his people H5971 , Behold H2009 , I have taken H3947 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 H853 the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , even H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of my fury H2534 ; thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 drink H8354 it again H5750 :
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23. and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
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23. But I will put H7760 it into the hand H3027 of them that afflict H3013 thee; which H834 have said H559 to thy soul H5315 , Bow down H7812 , that we may go over H5674 : and thou hast laid H7760 thy body H1460 as the ground H776 , and as the street H2351 , to them that went over H5674 .
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