isa 8:1

לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽזאֱנֹ֔ושׁבְּחֶ֣רֶטעָלָיו֙וּכְתֹ֤בגָּדֹ֑וללְךָ֖גִּלָּיֹ֣וןאֵלַ֔יקַחיְהוָה֙וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
la-ma-ha-r sha-la-l cha-sh ba-z
au-na-wsha
ba-cha-ra-t
'a-la-ywa
wka-tha-b
ga-da-wl
la-ka-ga-la-ya-wn
aa-la-yqa-cha
ya-hwa-ha
wa-ya-ama-r
lemaher salal has baz
'enows
beheret
'alayw
wketob
gadowl
lekagilayown
'elayqah
yehwah
wayo'mer
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
it with an ordinary
stylus:
on
and write
a large
scroll
to me, “Take
Then the LORD
said
8-1. Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

isa 8:2

יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּבֶּ֥ןזְכַרְיָ֖הוּוְאֶתהַכֹּהֵ֔ןאוּרִיָּ֣האֵ֚תנֶאֱמָנִ֑יםלִּ֔יעֵדִ֖יםוְאָעִ֣ידָה
ya-ba-ra-ka-ya-hwa
ba-n
za-ka-ra-ya-hwa
wa-aa-tha
ha-ka-ha-n
awra-ya-ha
aa-tha
na-au-ma-na-ym
la-y'a-da-ym
wa-aa-'a-yda-ha
yeberekeyahw
ben
zekareyahw
we'et
hakohen
'wriyah
'et
ne'emaniym
liy'ediym
we'a'iydah
of Jeberekiah.”
son
Zechariah
and and
the priest
Uriah
trustworthy
for myself witnesses—
And I will appoint
8-2. And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

isa 8:3

מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽזשְׁמֹ֔ואֵלַ֔יקְרָ֣איְהוָה֙וַיֹּ֤אמֶרבֵּ֑ןוַתֵּ֣לֶדוַתַּ֖הַראֶלהַנְּבִיאָ֔הוָאֶקְרַב֙
ma-ha-r sha-la-l cha-sh ba-z
sha-ma-wa
aa-la-yqa-ra-a
ya-hwa-ha
wa-ya-ama-r
ba-n
wa-tha-la-d
wa-tha-ha-r
aa-lha-na-ba-yaa-ha
wa-aa-qa-ra-b
maher salal has baz
semow
'elayqera'
yehwah
wayo'mer
ben
wateled
watahar
'elhanebiy'ah
wa'eqerab
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
him
to me, “Name
The LORD
said
a son.
and gave birth to
and she conceived
with the prophetess,
And I had relations
8-3. And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

isa 8:4

אַשּֽׁוּרמֶ֥לֶךְלִפְנֵ֖ישֹׁמְרֹ֔וןשְׁלַ֣לוְאֵת֙דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂקחֵ֣ילאֶתיִשָּׂ֣אוְאִמִּ֑יאָבִ֣יקְרֹ֖אהַנַּ֔עַריֵדַ֣עכִּ֗יבְּטֶ֨רֶם֙
aa-shwr
ma-la-ka
la-pa-na-ya
sha-ma-ra-wn
sha-la-l
wa-aa-tha
da-ma-sha-qh
cha-yl
aa-tha
ya-sha-a
wa-aa-ma-ya
aa-ba-ya
qa-ra-a
ha-na-'a-r
ya-da-'
ka-yba-ta-ra-m
'aswr
meleke
lipeney
somerown
selal
we'et
dameseq
heyl
'et
yisa'
we'imiy
'abiy
qero'
hana'ar
yeda'
kiybeterem
of Assyria.”
the king
to
of Samaria
the plunder
and and
of Damascus
the wealth
will be carried off
or ‘Mother,’
‘Father’
how to cry
the boy
knows
For For before
8-4. For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

isa 8:5

לֵאמֹֽראֵלַ֛יעֹ֖ודדַּבֵּ֥ריְהוָ֔הוַיֹּ֣סֶף
la-ama-r
aa-la-y'a-wd
da-ba-r
ya-hwa-ha
wa-ya-sa-ph
le'mor
'elay'owd
daber
yehwah
wayosep
to further:
spoke
And the LORD
me
8-5. The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

isa 8:6

רְמַלְיָֽהוּוּבֶןרְצִ֖יןאֶתוּמְשֹׂ֥ושׂלְאַ֑טהַהֹלְכִ֖יםהַשִּׁלֹ֔חַמֵ֣יאֵ֚תהַזֶּ֔ההָעָ֣םכִּ֤ימָאַס֙יַ֗עַן
ra-ma-la-ya-hwa
wba-n
ra-sa-yn
aa-tha
wma-sha-wsha
la-aa-t
ha-ha-la-ka-ym
ha-sha-la-cha
ma-ya
aa-tha
ha-za-ha
ha-'a-m
ka-yma-aa-sh
ya-'a-n
remaleyahw
wben
resiyn
'et
wmesows
le'at
haholekiym
hasiloha
mey
'et
hazeh
ha'am
kiyma'as
ya'an
of Remaliah,
and the son
in Rezin
and rejoiced
the gently
flowing
of Shiloah
waters
this
people
has rejected
“Because
8-6. Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

isa 8:7

גְּדֹותָֽיוכָּלעַלוְהָלַ֖ךְאֲפִיקָ֔יוכָּלעַלוְעָלָה֙כְּבֹודֹ֑וכָּלוְאֶתאַשּׁ֖וּרמֶ֥לֶךְאֶתוְהָ֣רַבִּ֔יםהָעֲצוּמִים֙הַנָּהָ֗רמֵ֣יאֶתעֲלֵיהֶ֜םמַעֲלֶ֨האֲדֹנָי֩הִנֵּ֣הוְלָכֵ֡ן
ga-da-wtha-ywa
ka-l
'a-l
wa-ha-la-ka
aapa-yqa-ywa
ka-l
'a-l
wa-'a-la-ha
ka-ba-wda-wa
ka-l
wa-aa-tha
aa-shwr
ma-la-ka
aa-tha
wa-ha-ra-ba-ym
ha-'aswma-ym
ha-na-ha-r
ma-ya
aa-tha
'ala-yha-m
ma-'ala-ha
aada-na-ya
ha-na-ha
wa-la-ka-n
gedowtayw
kal
'al
wehalake
'apiyqayw
kal
'al
we'alah
kebowdow
kal
we'et
'aswr
meleke
'et
weharabiym
ha'aswmiym
hanahar
mey
'et
'aleyhem
ma'aleh
'adonay
hineh
welaken
its banks.
over
and run
its channels
all
It will overflow
his pomp.
all
and and
of Assyria
the king
rushing
the mighty
of the Euphrates—
waters
against them
bring
the Lord
will surely
8-7. Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

isa 8:8

אֵֽלעִמָּ֥נוּאַרְצְךָ֖רֹֽחַבמְלֹ֥אכְּנָפָ֔יומֻטֹּ֣ותוְהָיָה֙יַגִּ֑יעַצַוָּ֖ארעַדוְעָבַ֔רשָׁטַ֣ףבִּֽיהוּדָה֙וְחָלַ֤ף
aa-l
'a-ma-nwa
aa-ra-sa-ka
ra-cha-b
ma-la-a
ka-na-pa-ywa
muta-wtha
wa-ha-ya-ha
ya-ga-y'a
sa-wa-ar
'a-d
wa-'a-ba-r
sha-ta-ph
ba-yhwda-ha
wa-cha-la-ph
'el
'imanw
'areseka
rohab
melo'
kenapayw
mutowt
wehayah
yagiy'a
sawa'r
'ad
we'abar
satap
biyhwdah
wehalap
O Immanuel!
land,
your entire
will cover
its spreading streams
reaching
the neck;
up to
and sweeping over it,
swirling
into Judah,
It will pour
8-8. And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

isa 8:9

וָחֹֽתּוּהִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּוָחֹ֔תּוּהִתְאַזְּר֣וּאָ֑רֶץמֶרְחַקֵּיכֹּ֖לוְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּוָחֹ֔תּוּעַמִּים֙רֹ֤עוּ
wa-cha-thwa
ha-tha-aa-za-rwa
wa-cha-thwa
ha-tha-aa-za-rwa
aa-ra-tz
ma-ra-cha-qa-ya
ka-l
wa-ha-aaza-ynwa
wa-cha-thwa
'a-ma-ym
ra-'wa
wahotw
hite'azerw
wahotw
hite'azerw
'ares
merehaqey
kol
weha'aziynw
wahotw
'amiym
ro'w
and be dismayed.
prepare for battle,
and be broken;
prepare for battle,
lands;
you distant
all
pay attention,
and be shattered;
O peoples,
Huddle together,
8-9. Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

isa 8:10

אֵֽלכִּ֥יעִמָּ֖נוּיָק֔וּםוְלֹ֣אדָבָר֙דַּבְּר֤וּוְתֻפָ֑רעֵצָ֖העֻ֥צוּ
aa-l
ka-y'a-ma-nwa
ya-qwm
wa-la-a
da-ba-r
da-ba-rwa
wa-thupa-r
'a-sa-ha
'uswa
'el
kiy'imanw
yaqwm
welo'
dabar
daberw
wetupar
'esah
'usw
God
For is with us.”
happen.
but it will not
a proposal,
state
but it will be thwarted;
a plan,
Devise
8-10. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

isa 8:11

לֵאמֹֽרהַזֶּ֖ההָֽעָםבְּדֶ֥רֶךְלֶּ֛כֶתמִוְיִסְּרֵ֕נִיהַיָּ֑דחֶזְקַ֣תאֵלַ֖יכְּיְהוָ֛האָמַ֧רכִּי֩כֹ֨ה
la-ama-r
ha-za-ha
ha-'a-m
ba-da-ra-ka
la-ka-tha
ma
wa-ya-sa-ra-na-ya
ha-ya-d
cha-za-qa-tha
aa-la-yka
ya-hwa-ha
aa-ma-r
ka-yka-ha
le'mor
hazeh
ha'am
bedereke
leket
mi
weyisereniy
hayad
hezeqat
'elayke
yehwah
'amar
kiykoh
of this
people:
in the way
not to walk
instructing me
hand,
with a strong
to me to me
the LORD
spoke
For this is what
8-11. For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

isa 8:12

תַעֲרִֽיצוּוְלֹ֥אתִֽירְא֖וּלֹֽאמֹורָאֹ֥ווְאֶתקָ֑שֶׁרהַזֶּ֖ההָעָ֥םאֲשֶׁריֹאמַ֛רלְכֹ֧לקֶ֔שֶׁרתֹאמְר֣וּןלֹא
tha-'ara-yswa
wa-la-a
tha-yra-awa
la-a
ma-wra-aa-wa
wa-aa-tha
qa-sha-r
ha-za-ha
ha-'a-m
aasha-rya-ama-r
la-ka-l
qa-sha-r
tha-ama-rwn
la-a
ta'ariysw
welo'
tiyre'w
lo'
mowra'ow
we'et
qaser
hazeh
ha'am
'aseryo'mar
lekol
qeser
to'merwn
lo'
live in dread.
do not
fear
Do not
what they fear;
as conspiracy.
these
people
regard
everything
conspiracy
call
“Do not
8-12. Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

isa 8:13

מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽםוְה֥וּאמֹורַאֲכֶ֖םוְה֥וּאתַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּאֹתֹ֣וצְבָאֹ֖ותיְהוָ֥האֶת
ma-'ara-sa-ka-m
wa-hwa
ma-wra-aaka-m
wa-hwa
tha-qa-da-yshwa
aa-tha-wa
sa-ba-aa-wtha
ya-hwa-ha
aa-tha
ma'arisekem
wehw'
mowra'akem
wehw'
taqediysw
'otow
seba'owt
yehwah
'et
should be dreaded,
only He
should be feared;
Only He
to regard as holy.
is the One
of Hosts
The LORD
8-13. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

isa 8:14

יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםלְיֹושֵׁ֖בוּלְמֹוקֵ֔שׁלְפַ֣חיִשְׂרָאֵל֙בָתֵּ֤ילִשְׁנֵ֨ימִכְשֹׁ֜ולוּלְצ֨וּרנֶ֠גֶףוּלְאֶ֣בֶןלְמִקְדָּ֑שׁוְהָיָ֖ה
ya-rwsha-la-a-m
la-ya-wsha-b
wla-ma-wqa-sha
la-pa-cha
ya-sha-ra-aa-l
ba-tha-ya
la-sha-na-ya
ma-ka-sha-wl
wla-swr
na-ga-ph
wla-aa-ba-n
la-ma-qa-da-sha
wa-ha-ya-ha
yerwsalaim
leyowseb
wlemowqes
lepah
yisera'el
batey
liseney
mikesowl
wleswr
negep
wle'eben
lemiqedas
wehayah
of Jerusalem.
to the dwellers
and and a snare
a trap
of Israel
houses
But to both
of offense,
and and a rock
of stumbling
He will be a stone
a sanctuary.
and He will be
8-14. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

isa 8:15

וְנִלְכָּֽדוּוְנֹוקְשׁ֖וּוְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּוְנָפְל֣וּבָ֖םרַבִּ֑יםוְכָ֥שְׁלוּ
wa-na-la-ka-dwa
wa-na-wqa-shwa
wa-na-sha-ba-rwa
wa-na-pa-lwa
ba-mra-ba-ym
wa-ka-sha-lwa
wenilekadw
wenowqesw
wenisebarw
wenapelw
bamrabiym
wekaselw
and captured.
they will be ensnared
and be broken;
they will fall
Many
will stumble over these;
8-15. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

isa 8:16

בְּלִמֻּדָֽיתֹּורָ֖החֲתֹ֥וםתְּעוּדָ֑הצֹ֖ור
ba-la-muda-ya
tha-wra-ha
chatha-wm
tha-'wda-ha
sa-wr
belimuday
towrah
hatowm
te'wdah
sowr
among my disciples.
the law
[and] seal
the testimony
Bind up
8-16. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

isa 8:17

וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽייַעֲקֹ֑בבֵּ֣יתמִפָּנָ֖יוהַמַּסְתִּ֥ירלַיהוָ֔הוְחִכִּ֨יתִי֙
wa-qa-wa-ytha-ya
ya-'aqa-b
ba-ytha
ma
pa-na-ywa
ha-ma-sa-tha-yr
la-yhwa-ha
wa-cha-ka-ytha-ya
weqiweytiy
ya'aqob
beyt
mi
panayw
hamasetiyr
layhwah
wehikiytiy
I will put my trust
of Jacob.
the house
from
His face
who is hiding
for the LORD,
I will wait
8-17. And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

isa 8:18

צִיֹּֽוןבְּהַ֥רהַשֹּׁכֵ֖ןצְבָאֹ֔ותיְהוָ֣העִם֙מֵבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לוּלְמֹופְתִ֖יםלְאֹתֹ֥ותלִ֣ייְהוָ֔האֲשֶׁ֣רנָֽתַןוְהַיְלָדִים֙אָנֹכִ֗ילֹֽוהִנֵּ֣ה
sa-ya-wn
ba-ha-r
ha-sha-ka-n
sa-ba-aa-wtha
ya-hwa-ha
'a-m
ma
ba-ya-sha-ra-aa-l
wla-ma-wpa-tha-ym
la-aa-tha-wtha
la-yya-hwa-ha
aasha-rna-tha-n
wa-ha-ya-la-da-ym
aa-na-ka-ya
la-wha-na-ha
siyown
behar
hasoken
seba'owt
yehwah
'im
me
beyisera'el
wlemowpetiym
le'otowt
liyyehwah
'asernatan
wehayeladiym
'anokiy
lowhineh
Zion.
on Mount
who dwells
of Hosts,
the LORD
from
in Israel
and and symbols
to be signs
me the LORD
has given
and the children
am I,
in Him. Here
8-18. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

isa 8:19

אֶלהַמֵּתִֽיםהַחַיִּ֖יםבְּעַ֥דיִדְרֹ֔שׁאֶלאֱלֹהָ֣יועַם֙לֹואהֲוְהַמַּהְגִּ֑יםהַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖יםוְאֶלהַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔יםאֶלהָאֹבֹות֙אֲלֵיכֶ֗םדִּרְשׁ֤וּוְכִֽייֹאמְר֣וּ
aa-lha-ma-tha-ym
ha-cha-ya-ym
ba-'a-d
ya-da-ra-sha
aa-lau-la-ha-ywa
'a-m
la-wa
ha
wa-ha-ma-ha-ga-ym
ha-ma-sa-pa-sa-pa-ym
wa-aa-lha-ya-da-'a-na-ym
aa-lha-aa-ba-wtha
aala-yka-mda-ra-shwa
wa-ka-yya-ama-rwa
'elhametiym
hahayiym
be'ad
yideros
'el'elohayw
'am
low'
ha
wehamahegiym
hamesapesepiym
we'elhayide'oniym
'elha'obowt
'aleykemdiresw
wekiyyo'merw
Why consult the dead
the living?
on behalf of
consult
their God [instead]?
a people
shouldn’t
and and mutter,
who whisper
and the spiritists
the spirits of the dead
you to consult
When men tell
8-19. And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

isa 8:20

לֹ֖ושָֽׁחַראֲשֶׁ֥ראֵֽיןהַזֶּ֔הדָּבָ֣רכַּיֹֽאמְרוּ֙אִםלֹ֤אוְלִתְעוּדָ֑הלְתֹורָ֖ה
la-wsha-cha-r
aasha-raa-yn
ha-za-ha
da-ba-r
ka
ya-ama-rwa
aa-mla-a
wa-la-tha-'wda-ha
la-tha-wra-ha
lowsahar
'aser'eyn
hazeh
dabar
ka
yo'merw
'imlo'
welite'wdah
letowrah
light of dawn.
they have no
according to this
word,
speak
If they do not
and to the testimony!
To the law
8-20. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

isa 8:21

לְמָֽעְלָהוּפָנָ֥הוּבֵאלֹהָ֖יובְּמַלְכֹּ֛ווְקִלֵּ֧לוְהִתְקַצַּ֗ףכִֽייִרְעַ֜בוְהָיָ֨הוְרָעֵ֑בבָּ֖הּנִקְשֶׁ֣הוְעָ֥בַר
la-ma-'a-la-ha
wpa-na-ha
wba-ala-ha-ywa
ba-ma-la-ka-wa
wa-qa-la-l
wa-ha-tha-qa-sa-ph
ka-yya-ra-'a-b
wa-ha-ya-ha
wa-ra-'a-b
ba-hna-qa-sha-ha
wa-'a-ba-r
lema'elah
wpanah
wbe'lohayw
bemalekow
weqilel
wehiteqasap
kiyyire'ab
wehayah
wera'eb
bahniqeseh
we'abar
upward,
and looking
and and their God.
their king
they will curse
they will become enraged,
When they are famished,
and hungry.
dejected
They will roam the land,
8-21. And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

isa 8:22

מְנֻדָּֽחוַאֲפֵלָ֖הצוּקָ֔המְע֣וּףוַחֲשֵׁכָה֙צָרָ֤הוְהִנֵּ֨היַבִּ֑יטוְאֶלאֶ֖רֶץ
ma-nuda-cha
wa-aapa-la-ha
swqa-ha
ma-'wph
wa-chasha-ka-ha
sa-ra-ha
wa-ha-na-ha
ya-ba-yt
wa-aa-laa-ra-tz
menudah
wa'apelah
swqah
me'wp
wahasekah
sarah
wehineh
yabiyt
we'el'eres
And they will be driven
into utter darkness.
of anguish.
and the gloom
and darkness
only distress
and see
Then they will look
to the earth
8-22. And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.