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 katapi NEW STUDY BIBLEIsaiah:28 Biblia Hebraica (Stuttgartensia) | BHS (pdf - 3.5mb)  

1 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
A warning to Israel. Is.28.1-6הֹוי עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת שִׁכֹּרֵי אֶפְרַיִם וְצִיץ נֹבֵל צְבִי תִפְאַרְתֹּו אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשׁ גֵּיא־שְׁמָנִים הֲלוּמֵי יָיִן׃
2 Behold, Yahweh has one who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he will cast down to the earth with violence.
 הִנֵּה חָזָק וְאַמִּץ לַאדֹנָי כְּזֶרֶם בָּרָד שַׂעַר קָטֶב כְּזֶרֶם מַיִם כַּבִּירִים שֹׁטְפִים הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד׃
3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
will be trodden under foot;
 בְּרַגְלַיִם תֵּרָמַסְנָה עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת שִׁכֹּורֵי אֶפְרָיִם׃
4 and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer:
when a man sees it, he eats it up
as soon as it is in his hand.
 וְהָיְתָה צִיצַת נֹבֵל צְבִי תִפְאַרְתֹּו אֲשֶׁר עַל־רֹאשׁ גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים כְּבִכּוּרָהּ בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָרֹאֶה אֹותָהּ בְּעֹודָהּ בְּכַפֹּו יִבְלָעֶנָּה׃ ס
5 In that day Yahweh of hosts will be a crown of glory,
and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people;
 בַּיֹּום הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לַעֲטֶרֶת צְבִי וְלִצְפִירַת תִּפְאָרָה לִשְׁאָר עַמֹּו׃
6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
 וּלְרוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט לַיֹּושֵׁב עַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט וְלִגְבוּרָה מְשִׁיבֵי מִלְחָמָה שָׁעְרָה׃ ס
7 These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink,
they are confused with wine, they stagger with strong drink;
they err in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.
Isaiah & the drunken prophets of Judah. Is.28.7-13וְגַם־אֵלֶּה בַּיַּיִן שָׁגוּ וּבַשֵּׁכָר תָּעוּ כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר נִבְלְעוּ מִן־הַיַּיִן תָּעוּ מִן־הַשֵּׁכָר שָׁגוּ בָּרֹאֶה פָּקוּ פְּלִילִיָּה׃
8 For all tables are full of vomit,
no place is without filthiness.
 כִּי כָּל־שֻׁלְחָנֹות מָלְאוּ קִיא צֹאָה בְּלִי מָקֹום׃ ס
9 "Whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk,
those taken from the breast?
 אֶת־מִי יֹורֶה דֵעָה וְאֶת־מִי יָבִין שְׁמוּעָה גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָיִם׃
10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little."
 כִּי צַו לָצָו צַו לָצָו קַו לָקָו קַו לָקָו זְעֵיר שָׁם זְעֵיר שָׁם׃
11 Nay, but by men of strange lips
and with an alien tongue
Yahweh will speak to this people,
 כִּי בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה וּבְלָשֹׁון אַחֶרֶת יְדַבֵּר אֶל־הָעָם הַזֶּה׃
12 to whom he has said,
"This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose";
yet they would not hear.
 אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה הָנִיחוּ לֶעָיֵף וְזֹאת הַמַּרְגֵּעָה וְלֹא אָבוּא שְׁמֹועַ׃
13 Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little;
that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
 וְהָיָה לָהֶם דְּבַר־יְהוָה צַו לָצָו צַו לָצָו קַו לָקָו קַו לָקָו זְעֵיר שָׁם זְעֵיר שָׁם לְמַעַן יֵלְכוּ וְכָשְׁלוּ אָחֹור וְנִשְׁבָּרוּ וְנֹוקְשׁוּ וְנִלְכָּדוּ׃ ף
14 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem!
A cornerstone of Zion. Is.28.14-22לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה אַנְשֵׁי לָצֹון מֹשְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃
15 Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us;
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter";
 כִּי אֲמַרְתֶּם כָּרַתְנוּ בְרִית אֶת־מָוֶת וְעִם־שְׁאֹול עָשִׂינוּ חֹזֶה [כ= שִׁיט] [ק= שֹׁוט] שֹׁוטֵף כִּי־[כ= עָבַר] [ק= יַעֲבֹר] לֹא יְבֹואֵנוּ כִּי שַׂמְנוּ כָזָב מַחְסֵנוּ וּבַשֶּׁקֶר נִסְתָּרְנוּ׃ ס
16 therefore thus says Yahweh GOD,
"Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
'He who believes will not be in haste.'
 לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי יִסַּד בְּצִיֹּון אָבֶן אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד מוּסָּד הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ׃
17 And I will make justice the line,
and righteousness the plummet;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
 וְשַׂמְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט לְקָו וּצְדָקָה לְמִשְׁקָלֶת וְיָעָה בָרָד מַחְסֵה כָזָב וְסֵתֶר מַיִם יִשְׁטֹפוּ׃
18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
you will be beaten down by it.
 וְכֻפַּר בְּרִיתְכֶם אֶת־מָוֶת וְחָזוּתְכֶם אֶת־שְׁאֹול לֹא תָקוּם שֹׁוט שֹׁוטֵף כִּי יַעֲבֹר וִהְיִיתֶם לֹו לְמִרְמָס׃
19 As often as it passes through it will take you;
for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night;
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.
 מִדֵּי עָבְרֹו יִקַּח אֶתְכֶם כִּי־בַבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר יַעֲבֹר בַּיֹּום וּבַלָּיְלָה וְהָיָה רַק־זְוָעָה הָבִין שְׁמוּעָה׃
20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it,
and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
 כִּי־קָצַר הַמַּצָּע מֵהִשְׂתָּרֵעַ וְהַמַּסֵּכָה צָרָה כְּהִתְכַּנֵּס׃
21 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim,
he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon;
to do his deed - strange is his deed!
and to work his work - alien is his work!
 כִּי כְהַר־פְּרָצִים יָקוּם יְהוָה כְּעֵמֶק בְּגִבְעֹון יִרְגָּז לַעֲשֹׂות מַעֲשֵׂהוּ זָר מַעֲשֵׂהוּ וְלַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָתֹו נָכְרִיָּה עֲבֹדָתֹו׃
22 Now therefore do not scoff,
lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from Yahweh GOD of hosts upon the whole land.
 וְעַתָּה אַל־תִּתְלֹוצָצוּ פֶּן־יֶחְזְקוּ מֹוסְרֵיכֶם כִּי־כָלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאֹות עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃
23 Give ear, and hear my voice;
hearken, and hear my speech.
God's wisdom. Is.28.23-29הַאֲזִינוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ קֹולִי הַקְשִׁיבוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ אִמְרָתִי׃
24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
does he continually open and harrow his ground?
 הֲכֹל הַיֹּום יַחֲרֹשׁ הַחֹרֵשׁ לִזְרֹעַ יְפַתַּח וִישַׂדֵּד אַדְמָתֹו׃
25 When he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cummin,
and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place,
and spelt as the border?
 הֲלֹוא אִם־שִׁוָּה פָנֶיהָ וְהֵפִיץ קֶצַח וְכַמֹּן יִזְרֹק וְשָׂם חִטָּה שֹׂורָה וּשְׂעֹרָה נִסְמָן וְכֻסֶּמֶת גְּבֻלָתֹו׃
26 For he is instructed aright;
his God teaches him.
 וְיִסְּרֹו לַמִּשְׁפָּט אֱלֹהָיו יֹורֶנּוּ׃
27 Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
nor is a cart wheel rolled over cummin;
but dill is beaten out with a stick,
and cummin with a rod.
 כִּי לֹא בֶחָרוּץ יוּדַשׁ קֶצַח וְאֹופַן עֲגָלָה עַל־כַּמֹּן יוּסָּב כִּי בַמַּטֶּה יֵחָבֶט קֶצַח וְכַמֹּן בַּשָּׁבֶט׃
28 Does one crush bread grain?
No, he does not thresh it for ever;
when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses,
he does not crush it.
 לֶחֶם יוּדָק כִּי לֹא לָנֶצַח אָדֹושׁ יְדוּשֶׁנּוּ וְהָםַם גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתֹו וּפָרָשָׁיו לֹא־יְדֻקֶּנּוּ׃
29 This also comes from Yahweh of hosts;
he is wonderful in counsel,
and excellent in wisdom.
 גַּם־זֹאת מֵעִם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות יָצָאָה הִפְלִיא עֵצָה הִגְדִּיל תּוּשִׁיָּה׃ ס
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