- 1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר יָ֑ם כְּסוּפ֤וֹת בַּנֶּ֨גֶב֙ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א מֵאֶ֖רֶץ נוֹרָאָֽה
- 2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.חָז֥וּת קָשָׁ֖ה הֻגַּד הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד בּוֹגֵד֙ וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד שׁוֹדֵ֔ד עֲלִ֤י עֵילָם֙ צוּרִ֣י מָדַ֔י כָּל אַנְחָתָ֖ה הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי
- 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.עַל כֵּ֗ן מָלְא֤וּ מָתְנַי֙ חַלְחָלָ֔ה צִירִ֣ים אֲחָז֔וּנִי כְּצִירֵ֖י יֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי מֵרְאֽוֹת
- 4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לַחֲרָדָֽה
- 5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.עָרֹ֧ךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ן צָפֹ֥ה הַצָּפִ֖ית אָכ֣וֹל שָׁתֹ֑ה ק֥וּמוּ הַשָּׂרִ֖ים מִשְׁח֥וּ מָגֵֽן
- 6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד
- 7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:וְרָ֣אָה רֶ֗כֶב צֶ֚מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים רֶ֥כֶב חֲמ֖וֹר רֶ֣כֶב גָּמָ֑ל וְהִקְשִׁ֥יב קֶ֖שֶׁב רַב קָֽשֶׁב
- 8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:וַיִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל מִצְפֶּ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַל מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כָּל הַלֵּילֽוֹת
- 9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.וְהִנֵּה זֶ֥ה בָא֙ רֶ֣כֶב אִ֔ישׁ צֶ֖מֶד פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָפְלָ֤ה נָֽפְלָה֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְכָל פְּסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ שִׁבַּ֥ר לָאָֽרֶץ
- 10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י וּבֶן גָּרְנִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִגַּ֥דְתִּי
- 11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?מַשָּׂ֖א דּוּמָ֑ה אֵלַי֙ קֹרֵ֣א מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר שֹׁמֵר֙ מַה מִלַּ֔יְלָה שֹׁמֵ֖ר מַה מִלֵּֽיל
- 12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם לָ֑יְלָה אִם תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ
- 13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.מַשָּׂ֖א בַּעְרָ֑ב בַּיַּ֤עַר בַּעְרַב֙ תָּלִ֔ינוּ אֹֽרְח֖וֹת דְּדָנִֽים
- 14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.לִקְרַ֥את צָמֵ֖א הֵתָ֣יוּ מָ֑יִם יֹשְׁבֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ תֵּימָ֔א בְּלַחְמ֖וֹ קִדְּמ֥וּ נֹדֵֽד
- 15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.כִּֽי מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה
- 16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:כִּי כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כָּל כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר
- 17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.וּשְׁאָ֧ר מִסְפַּר קֶ֛שֶׁת גִּבּוֹרֵ֥י בְנֵֽי קֵדָ֖ר יִמְעָ֑טוּ כִּ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דִּבֵּֽר
Isaiah 21 KJV
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199 tagged Hebrew tokens130 distinct lexical entries17 of 17 verses source-tagged
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
לַיִלH3915
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּנִיםH6440
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
רֶכֶבH7393
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone
אֲדֹנָיH136
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
מַשָּׂאH4853
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage
נָגַדH5046
properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
רָאָהH7200
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Hebrew verse gematria
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| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Isaiah 21:1 | 4,386 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:2 | 3,923 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:3 | 4,995 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:4 | 5,173 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:5 | 5,699 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:6 | 2,015 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:7 | 3,958 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:8 | 4,068 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:9 | 5,275 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:10 | 5,021 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:11 | 2,753 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:12 | 4,775 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:13 | 2,950 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:14 | 4,101 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:15 | 3,206 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:16 | 2,196 | study verse |
| Isaiah 21:17 | 3,258 | study verse |
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