Isaiah 34 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק ל״ד

Masoretic Text, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 34 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

1. 1

   קִרְבוּcome-nearגוֹיִםO-nationsלִשְׁמֹעַto-hearוּלְאֻמִּיםand-O-peopleהַקְשִׁיבוּhearkenתִּשְׁמַעlet-hearהָאָרֶץthe-earthוּמְלֹאָהּand-all-that-is-in-itתֵּבֵלthe-worldוְכׇל־צֶאֱצָאֶיהָ׃and-all-things-that-come-out-of-it

   Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

2. 2

   כִּיforקֶצֶףindignationלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDעַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִםagainst-all-the-nationsוְחֵמָהand-furyעַל־כׇּל־צְבָאָםagainst-all-their-armiesהֶחֱרִימָםhe-has-utterly-destroyed-themנְתָנָםhe-has-delivered-themלַטָּבַח׃to-the-slaughter

   For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

3. 3

   וְחַלְלֵיהֶםtheir-slain-alsoיֻשְׁלָכוּshall-be-cast-outוּפִגְרֵיהֶםout-of-their-carcassesיַעֲלֶהshall-come-upבׇאְשָׁםand-their-stenchוְנָמַסּוּand-shall-be-meltedהָרִיםthe-mountainsמִדָּמָם׃with-their-blood

   Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

4. 4

   וְנָמַקּוּshall-rot-awayכׇּל־צְבָאand-all-the-host-ofהַשָּׁמַיִםthe-heavensוְנָגֹלּוּshall-be-rolled-togetherכַסֵּפֶרlike-a-scrollהַשָּׁמָיִםand-the-heavensוְכׇל־צְבָאָםand-all-their-armyיִבּוֹלshall-fall-downכִּנְבֹלas-falls-offעָלֶהthe-leafמִגֶּפֶןfrom-the-vine-ofוּכְנֹבֶלֶתand-as-a-falling-figמִתְּאֵנָה׃from-the-fig-tree

   And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5. 5

   כִּי־רִוְּתָהfor-is-satedבַשָּׁמַיִםin-heavenחַרְבִּיmy-swordהִנֵּהbeholdעַל־אֱדוֹםupon-Edomתֵּרֵדit-shall-come-downוְעַל־עַםand-against-the-people-ofחֶרְמִיmy-curseלְמִשְׁפָּט׃to-judgment

   For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

6. 6

   חֶרֶבthe-sword-ofלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDמָלְאָהis-filled-withדָםbloodהֻדַּשְׁנָהit-is-made-fatמֵחֵלֶבwith-fatnessמִדַּםwith-the-blood-ofכָּרִיםlambsוְעַתּוּדִיםand-goatsמֵחֵלֶבwith-the-fat-ofכִּלְיוֹתthe-kidneys-ofאֵילִיםramsכִּיforזֶבַחhas-a-sacrificeלַיהֹוָהto-the-LORDבְּבׇצְרָהin-Bozrahוְטֶבַחand-a-slaughterגָּדוֹלgreatבְּאֶרֶץin-the-land-ofאֱדוֹם׃Edom

   The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

7. 7

   וְיָרְדוּand-shall-come-downרְאֵמִיםwild-oxenעִמָּםwith-themוּפָרִיםand-bullocksעִם־אַבִּירִיםwith-bullsוְרִוְּתָהand-shall-be-soakedאַרְצָםtheir-landמִדָּםwith-bloodוַעֲפָרָםand-their-dustמֵחֵלֶבwith-fatnessיְדֻשָּׁן׃made-fat

   And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8. 8

   כִּיbecauseיוֹםthe-day-ofנָקָםvengeanceלַיהֹוָהof-the-LORDשְׁנַתthe-year-ofשִׁלּוּמִיםrecompensesלְרִיבfor-the-cause-ofצִיּוֹן׃Zion

   For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9. 9

   וְנֶהֶפְכוּand-shall-be-turnedנְחָלֶיהָits-streamsלְזֶפֶתinto-pitchוַעֲפָרָהּand-its-dustלְגׇפְרִיתinto-brimstoneוְהָיְתָהand-shall-becomeאַרְצָהּits-landלְזֶפֶתpitchבֹּעֵרָה׃burning

   And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10. 10

    לַיְלָהnightוְיוֹמָםand-by-dayלֹאnotתִכְבֶּהshall-it-be-quenchedלְעוֹלָםfor-everיַעֲלֶהshall-go-upעֲשָׁנָהּits-smokeמִדּוֹרfrom-generationלָדוֹרto-generationתֶּחֱרָבit-shall-lie-wasteלְנֵצַחfor-everנְצָחִיםand-everאֵיןnoneעֹבֵרshall-pass-throughבָּהּ׃it

    It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11. 11

    וִירֵשׁוּהָbut-shall-possess-itקָאַתthe-cormorantוְקִפּוֹדand-the-bitternוְיַנְשׁוֹףthe-owl-alsoוְעֹרֵבand-the-ravenיִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָהּshall-dwell-in-itוְנָטָהand-he-shall-stretch-outעָלֶיהָupon-itקַו־תֹֿהוּthe-line-of-confusionוְאַבְנֵי־בֹהוּ׃and-the-plummet-of-emptiness

    But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

12. 12

    חֹרֶיהָits-noblesוְאֵין־שָׁםbut-none-shall-be-thereמְלוּכָהto-the-kingdomיִקְרָאוּthey-shall-callוְכׇל־שָׂרֶיהָand-all-its-princesיִהְיוּshall-beאָפֶס׃nothing

    They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

13. 13

    וְעָלְתָהand-shall-come-upאַרְמְנֹתֶיהָin-her-palacesסִירִיםthornsקִמּוֹשׂnettlesוָחוֹחַand-bramblesבְּמִבְצָרֶיהָin-her-fortressesוְהָיְתָהand-it-beנְוֵהa-habitation-ofתַנִּיםwild-dogsחָצִירand-a-courtלִבְנוֹתforיַעֲנָה׃owls

    And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

14. 14

    וּפָגְשׁוּshall-meetצִיִּיםthe-wild-creatures-of-the-desertאֶת־אִיִּיםwith-the-jackalsוְשָׂעִירthe-scops-owlעַל־רֵעֵהוּto-his-fellowיִקְרָאshall-cryאַךְ־שָׁםthereהִרְגִּיעָהshall-restלִּילִיתthe-tawny-owlוּמָצְאָהand-findלָהּfor-herselfמָנוֹחַ׃a-place-of-rest

    The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15. 15

    שָׁמָּהthereקִנְּנָהshall-make-her-nestקִפּוֹזthe-great-owlוַתְּמַלֵּטand-layוּבָקְעָהand-hatchוְדָגְרָהand-broodבְצִלָּהּunder-her-shadowאַךְ־שָׁםthereנִקְבְּצוּshall-be-gatheredדַיּוֹתthe-kites-alsoאִשָּׁהevery-oneרְעוּתָהּ׃with-her-mate

    There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16. 16

    דִּרְשׁוּseekמֵעַל־סֵפֶרout-of-the-book-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDוּקְרָאוּand-readאַחַתnoneמֵהֵנָּהof-theseלֹאnotנֶעְדָּרָהshall-be-missingאִשָּׁהnoneרְעוּתָהּher-mateלֹאnotפָקָדוּshall-wantכִּי־פִיfor-my-mouthהוּאheצִוָּהhas-commandedוְרוּחוֹand-his-spiritהוּאheקִבְּצָן׃has-gathered-them

    Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

17. 17

    וְהוּא־הִפִּילand-he-has-castלָהֶןfor-themגּוֹרָלthe-lotוְיָדוֹand-his-handחִלְּקַתָּהhas-divided-itלָהֶםto-themבַּקָּוby-lineעַד־עוֹלָםforeverיִירָשׁוּהָthey-shall-possess-itלְדוֹרfrom-generationוָדוֹרto-generationיִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָהּ׃shall-they-dwell-therein

    And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.