Isaiah 18 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק י״ח

Masoretic Text, word by word with transliteration and English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 18 in the interlinear reader for roots and notes, or listen to it read aloud in Hebrew.

1. 1

   הוֹיhoywoeאֶרֶץE/retsthe-land-ofצִלְצַלtsil/TSALbuzzingכְּנָפָיִםke/na/FA/yimwingsאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhichמֵעֵבֶרme/E/verbeyondלְנַהֲרֵי־כוּשׁ׃le/Na/ha/RE-khushto-the-rivers-of-Cush

   Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

2. 2

   הַשֹּׁלֵחַhash/sho/LE/achthat-sendsבַּיָּםbay/YAMby-the-seaצִירִיםtsi/RIMambassadorsוּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶאu/vikh/LE-go/MEand-in-vessels-of-papyrusעַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִםal-pe/NE-MA/yimupon-the-watersלְכוּle/KHUgoמַלְאָכִיםmal/a/KHIMmessengersקַלִּיםkal/LIMswiftאֶל־גּוֹיel-goyto-a-nationמְמֻשָּׁךְme/mush/SHAKHdrawn-outוּמוֹרָטu/mo/RATand-pluckedאֶל־עַםel-amto-a-peopleנוֹרָאno/RAterribleמִן־הוּאmin-hufrom-their-beginningוָהָלְאָהva/HAL/aonwardגּוֹיgoynationקַו־קָוkav-kavline-by-lineוּמְבוּסָהu/me/vu/SAand-trodden-downאֲשֶׁר־בָּזְאוּa/SHER-ba/ze/Uwhose-have-plunderedנְהָרִיםne/ha/RIMriversאַרְצוֹ׃ar/TSOhis-land

   That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

3. 3

   כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵיkol-yosh/VEall-you-inhabitants-ofתֵבֵלte/VELthe-worldוְשֹׁכְנֵיve/SHOKH/neand-dwellers-onאָרֶץA/retsthe-earthכִּנְשֹׂא־נֵסkin/SO-neswhen-he-lifts-up-a-bannerהָרִיםha/RIMon-the-mountainsתִּרְאוּtir/Useeוְכִתְקֹעַve/khit/KO/aand-when-he-blowsשׁוֹפָרsho/FARa-shofarתִּשְׁמָעוּ׃tish/MA/uhear

   All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

4. 4

   כִּיkiforכֹהkhothusאָמַרa/MARsaidיְהֹוָהAdonaithe-LORDאֵלַיe/LAYto-me[אֶשְׁקֳטָה]esh/ko/TAI-will-be-stillוְאַבִּיטָהve/ab/BI/taand-I-will-look-onבִמְכוֹנִיvim/kho/NIin-my-dwelling-placeכְּחֹםke/CHOMlike-the-heatצַחtsachclearעֲלֵי־אוֹרa/LE-orin-sunlightכְּעָבke/AVlike-a-cloud-ofטַלtaldewבְּחֹםbe/CHOMin-the-heat-ofקָצִיר׃ka/TSIRharvest

   For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

5. 5

   כִּי־לִפְנֵיki-lif/NEfor-beforeקָצִירka/TSIRharvestכְּתׇם־פֶּרַחke/TOM-PE/rachwhen-the-blossom-is-pastוּבֹסֶרu/VO/serand-the-young-grapeגֹּמֵלgo/MELis-ripeningיִהְיֶהyih/YEshall-beנִצָּהֿnits/TSAthe-budוְכָרַתve/kha/RATand-he-shall-cut-offהַזַּלְזַלִּיםhaz/zal/zal/LIMthe-sprigsבַּמַּזְמֵרוֹתbam/maz/me/ROTwith-pruning-hooksוְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁוֹתve/ET-han/ne/ti/SHOTand-the-branchesהֵסִירhe/SIRhe-shall-take-awayהֵתַז׃he/TAZcut-down

   For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

6. 6

   יֵעָזְבוּye/a/ze/VUthey-shall-be-leftיַחְדָּוyach/DAVtogetherלְעֵיטle/ETto-the-birds-of-prey-ofהָרִיםha/RIMmountainsוּלְבֶהֱמַתu/le/ve/he/MATand-to-the-beasts-ofהָאָרֶץha/A/retsthe-earthוְקָץve/KATSand-shall-summerעָלָיוa/LAYVupon-themהָעַיִטha/A/yitthe-birds-of-preyוְכׇל־בֶּהֱמַתve/KHOL-be/he/MATand-all-the-beasts-ofהָאָרֶץha/A/retsthe-earthעָלָיוa/LAYVupon-themתֶּחֱרָף׃te/che/RAFshall-winter

   They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

7. 7

   בָּעֵתba/ETat-the-timeהַהִיאha/HIthatיוּבַל־שַׁיyu/VAL-shayshall-a-present-be-broughtלַיהֹוָהla-Adonaito-the-LORDצְבָאוֹתTse/va/OTof-Hostsעַםama-peopleמְמֻשָּׁךְme/mush/SHAKHdrawn-outוּמוֹרָטu/mo/RATand-pluckedוּמֵעַםu/me/AMand-from-a-peopleנוֹרָאno/RAterribleמִן־הוּאmin-hufrom-their-beginningוָהָלְאָהva/HAL/aonwardגּוֹיgoynationקַו־קָוkav-kavline-by-lineוּמְבוּסָהu/me/vu/SAand-trodden-downאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhoseבָּזְאוּba/ze/Uhave-plunderedנְהָרִיםne/ha/RIMriversאַרְצוֹar/TSOhis-landאֶל־מְקוֹםel-me/KOMto-the-place-ofשֵׁם־יְהֹוָהshem-Adonaithe-name-of-the-LORDצְבָאוֹתTse/va/OTof-Hostsהַר־צִיּוֹן׃haR-tsiy/YONmount-Zion

   In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.