Isaiah 58 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק נ״ח

Masoretic Text, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 58 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

1. 1

   קְרָאcryבְגָרוֹןaloudאַל־תַּחְשֹׂךְspare-notכַּשּׁוֹפָרlike-the-shofarהָרֵםlift-upקוֹלֶךָyour-voiceוְהַגֵּדand-showלְעַמִּיmy-peopleפִּשְׁעָםtheir-transgressionוּלְבֵיתand-to-the-house-ofיַעֲקֹבJacobחַטֹּאתָם׃their-sins

   Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

2. 2

   וְאוֹתִיyet-meיוֹםdayיוֹםdayיִדְרֹשׁוּןthey-seekוְדַעַתand-to-knowדְּרָכַיmy-waysיֶחְפָּצוּןthey-desireכְּגוֹיas-a-nationאֲשֶׁר־צְדָקָהthat-righteousnessעָשָׂהdidוּמִשְׁפַּטand-the-ordinance-ofאֱלֹהָיוhis-Godלֹאnotעָזָבforsookיִשְׁאָלוּנִיthey-ask-of-meמִשְׁפְּטֵי־צֶדֶקjudgments-of-justiceקִרְבַתthe-nearness-ofאֱלֹהִיםGodיֶחְפָּצוּן׃they-desire

   Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

3. 3

   לָמָּהwhyצַּמְנוּhave-we-fastedוְלֹאand-notרָאִיתָdo-You-seeעִנִּינוּhave-we-afflictedנַפְשֵׁנוּour-soulוְלֹאand-notתֵדָעdo-You-take-knowledgeהֵןbeholdבְּיוֹםin-the-day-ofצֹמְכֶםyour-fastתִּמְצְאוּ־חֵפֶץyou-pursue-your-businessוְכׇל־עַצְּבֵיכֶםand-all-your-paymentsתִּנְגֹּשׂוּ׃you-exact

   Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

4. 4

   הֵןbeholdלְרִיבfor-strifeוּמַצָּהand-debateתָּצוּמוּyou-fastוּלְהַכּוֹתand-to-smiteבְּאֶגְרֹףwith-the-fist-ofרֶשַׁעwickednessלֹא־תָצוּמוּyou-fast-notכַיּוֹםthis-dayלְהַשְׁמִיעַto-make-to-be-heardבַּמָּרוֹםon-highקוֹלְכֶם׃your-voice

   Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

5. 5

   הֲכָזֶהis-suchיִהְיֶהshall-beצוֹםthe-fastאֶבְחָרֵהוּthat-I-have-chosenיוֹםa-day-forעַנּוֹתto-afflictאָדָםa-manנַפְשׁוֹhis-soulהֲלָכֹףis-it-to-bow-downכְּאַגְמֹןlike-a-bulrushרֹאשׁוֹhis-headוְשַׂקand-sackclothוָאֵפֶרand-ashesיַצִּיעַto-spread-under-himהֲלָזֶהwill-you-call-thisתִּקְרָא־צוֹםa-fastוְיוֹםand-a-dayרָצוֹןacceptableלַיהֹוָה׃to-the-LORD

   Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

6. 6

   הֲלוֹאis-it-notזֶהthis-ratherצוֹםthe-fastאֶבְחָרֵהוּthat-I-have-chosenפַּתֵּחַto-looseחַרְצֻבּוֹתthe-chains-ofרֶשַׁעwickednessהַתֵּרto-undoאֲגֻדּוֹתthe-bands-ofמוֹטָהthe-yokeוְשַׁלַּחand-to-let-goרְצוּצִיםthe-oppressedחׇפְשִׁיםfreeוְכׇל־מוֹטָהand-every-yokeתְּנַתֵּקוּ׃to-break

   Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

7. 7

   הֲלוֹאis-it-notפָרֹסto-shareלָרָעֵבwith-the-hungryלַחְמֶךָyour-breadוַעֲנִיִּיםand-the-poorמְרוּדִיםthat-are-cast-outתָּבִיאyou-bringבָיִתto-your-houseכִּי־תִרְאֶהwhen-you-seeעָרֹםthe-nakedוְכִסִּיתוֹthat-you-cover-himוּמִבְּשָׂרְךָand-from-your-own-fleshלֹאnotתִתְעַלָּם׃that-you-hide-not-yourself

   Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

8. 8

   אָזthenיִבָּקַעshall-break-forthכַּשַּׁחַרlike-the-morningאוֹרֶךָyour-lightוַאֲרֻכָתְךָand-your-healthמְהֵרָהspeedilyתִצְמָחshall-spring-forthוְהָלַךְand-shall-goלְפָנֶיךָbefore-youצִדְקֶךָyour-righteousnessכְּבוֹדthe-glory-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDיַאַסְפֶךָ׃shall-be-your-rearguard

   Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

9. 9

   אָזthenתִּקְרָאshall-you-callוַיהֹוָהand-the-LORDיַעֲנֶהshall-answerתְּשַׁוַּעyou-shall-cryוְיֹאמַרand-he-shall-sayהִנֵּנִיhere-am-Iאִם־תָּסִירif-you-take-awayמִתּוֹכְךָfrom-the-midst-of-youמוֹטָהthe-yokeשְׁלַחthe-pointing-ofאֶצְבַּעthe-fingerוְדַבֶּר־אָוֶן׃and-speaking-iniquity

   Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

10. 10

    וְתָפֵקand-if-you-draw-outלָרָעֵבto-the-hungryנַפְשֶׁךָyour-soulוְנֶפֶשׁand-the-soulנַעֲנָהafflictedתַּשְׂבִּיעַsatisfyוְזָרַחthen-shall-riseבַּחֹשֶׁךְin-the-darknessאוֹרֶךָyour-lightוַאֲפֵלָתְךָand-your-gloomכַּצׇּהֳרָיִם׃as-the-noonday

    And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

11. 11

    וְנָחֲךָand-shall-guide-youיְהֹוָהthe-LORDתָּמִידcontinuallyוְהִשְׂבִּיעַand-satisfyבְּצַחְצָחוֹתin-droughtנַפְשֶׁךָyour-soulוְעַצְמֹתֶיךָand-your-bonesיַחֲלִיץmake-strongוְהָיִיתָand-you-shall-beכְּגַןlike-a-gardenרָוֶהwateredוּכְמוֹצָאand-like-a-spring-ofמַיִםwaterאֲשֶׁרwhichלֹא־יְכַזְּבוּfail-notמֵימָיו׃its-water

    And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

12. 12

    וּבָנוּand-shall-buildמִמְּךָthey-that-are-of-youחׇרְבוֹתthe-waste-places-ofעוֹלָםoldמוֹסְדֵיthe-foundations-ofדוֹר־וָדוֹרof-many-generationsתְּקוֹמֵםyou-shall-raise-upוְקֹרָאand-you-shall-be-calledלְךָfor-youגֹּדֵרthe-repairer-ofפֶּרֶץthe-breachמְשֹׁבֵבthe-restorer-ofנְתִיבוֹתpathsלָשָׁבֶת׃to-dwell-in

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

13. 13

    אִם־תָּשִׁיבif-you-restrainמִשַּׁבָּתbecause-of-the-sabbathרַגְלֶךָyour-footעֲשׂוֹתfrom-pursuingחֲפָצֶךָyour-businessבְּיוֹםin-the-day-ofקׇדְשִׁיmy-holyוְקָרָאתָand-callלַשַּׁבָּתthe-sabbathעֹנֶגa-delightלִקְדוֹשׁthe-holy-day-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDמְכֻבָּדhonorableוְכִבַּדְתּוֹand-shall-honor-itמֵעֲשׂוֹתnot-doingדְּרָכֶיךָyour-own-waysמִמְּצוֹאnor-pursuingחֶפְצְךָyour-own-businessוְדַבֵּרnor-speaking-ofדָּבָר׃vain-matters

    If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

14. 14

    אָזthenתִּתְעַנַּגshall-you-delight-yourselfעַל־יְהֹוָהupon-the-LORDוְהִרְכַּבְתִּיךָand-I-will-cause-you-to-rideעַל־[בׇּמֳתֵי]upon-the-high-places-of(במותי)אָרֶץthe-earthוְהַאֲכַלְתִּיךָand-feed-you-withנַחֲלַתthe-heritage-ofיַעֲקֹבJacobאָבִיךָyour-fatherכִּיforפִּיthe-mouth-ofיְהֹוָהthe-LORDדִּבֵּר׃has-spoken-it

    Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.