Isaiah 44

YHWH comforts Israel (Ya'akov and Yeshurun), promising to pour out water, Spirit, and blessings for renewal, proclaims His uniqueness as the First and Last with no other God, and ridicules the futility of idolatry by detailing how craftsmen make useless idols from materials used for fuel and food.[1][2][3] YHWH declares He blots out Israel's transgressions like a cloud, calls heaven and earth to rejoice in Israel's redemption, vows to restore Jerusalem and the temple through Koresh (Cyrus), whom He names as His shepherd and anointed to rebuild.[1][2][4]

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חָרַ֣שׁ 𐤇𐤓𐤔 charash carpenter craftsman of HNcmsc עֵצִים֮ 𐤏𐤑𐤉𐤌 etsim wood trees HNcmpa נָ֣טָה 𐤍𐤈𐤄 natah stretches out he stretched out HVqp3ms קָו֒ 𐤒𐤅 qav a line measuring cord HNcmsa יְתָאֲרֵ֣/הוּ 𐤉𐤕𐤀𐤓/𐤄𐤅 yetaarehu marks it out he will mark him out HVpi3ms/Sp3ms בַ/שֶּׂ֔רֶד 𐤁/𐤔𐤓𐤃 vasered with a marking tool with a scribing-awl HRd/Ncmsa יַעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ 𐤉𐤏𐤔/𐤄𐤅 yaasehu he fashions it he will do it HVqi3ms/Sp3ms בַּ/מַּקְצֻע֔וֹת 𐤁/𐤌𐤒𐤑𐤏𐤅𐤕 bamaqetsuot with planes with the scraping-tools HRd/Ncfpa וּ/בַ/מְּחוּגָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤁/𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤂𐤄 uvamechugah and with a compass and in the circle-inscribing tool HC/Rd/Ncfsa יְתָאֳרֵ֑/הוּ 𐤉𐤕𐤀𐤓/𐤄𐤅 yetaorehu he marks it he delineates it HVpi3ms/Sp3ms וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤔/𐤄𐤅 vayaasehu and makes it and he made him HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms כְּ/תַבְנִ֣ית 𐤊/𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕 ketavenit like the form like a building-pattern of HR/Ncfsc אִ֔ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish of a man man HNcmsa כְּ/תִפְאֶ֥רֶת 𐤊/𐤕𐤐𐤀𐤓𐤕 ketifeeret like the beauty as splendor of HR/Ncfsc אָדָ֖ם 𐤀𐤃𐤌 adam of a human human being HNcmsa לָ/שֶׁ֥בֶת 𐤋/𐤔𐤁𐤕 lashevet to dwell to sit, to dwell HR/Vqc בָּֽיִת 𐤁𐤉𐤕 bayit in a house built house HNcmsa
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וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not HC/Tn יָשִׁ֣יב 𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤁 yashiv he-returns he will bring back HVhi3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR לִבּ֗/וֹ 𐤋𐤁/𐤅 libo his-heart his inner core HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ/לֹ֨א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo-2 and-not and not HC/Tn דַ֥עַת 𐤃𐤏𐤕 daat knowledge knowledge-of HNcfsa וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo-3 and-not and not HC/Tn תְבוּנָה֮ 𐤕𐤁𐤅𐤍𐤄 tevunah understanding discernment HNcfsa לֵ/אמֹר֒ 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor to-say to say HR/Vqc חֶצְי֞/וֹ 𐤇𐤑𐤉/𐤅 chetseyo half-of-it its half HNcmsc/Sp3ms שָׂרַ֣פְתִּי 𐤔𐤓𐤐𐤕𐤉 sarafeti I-have-burned I burned HVqp1cs בְמוֹ 𐤁𐤌𐤅 vemo in-it by means of HR אֵ֗שׁ 𐤀𐤔 esh fire fire HNcbsa וְ֠/אַף 𐤅/𐤀𐤐 veaf and-also and even HC/D אָפִ֤יתִי 𐤀𐤐𐤉𐤕𐤉 afiti I-have-baked I baked HVqp1cs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon HR גֶּחָלָי/ו֙ 𐤂𐤇𐤋𐤉/𐤅 gechalayv its-coals his glowing embers HNcbpc/Sp3ms לֶ֔חֶם 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem bread bread HNcbsa אֶצְלֶ֥ה 𐤀𐤑𐤋𐤄 etseleh I-roast I will roast HVqi1cs בָשָׂ֖ר 𐤁𐤔𐤓 vasar flesh flesh HNcmsa וְ/אֹכֵ֑ל 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋 veokhel and-eat and I will eat HC/Vqi1cs וְ/יִתְר/וֹ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤓/𐤅 veyitero and-its-remainder and his remainder HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms לְ/תוֹעֵבָ֣ה 𐤋/𐤕𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤄 letoevah for-an-abomination a detestable thing HR/Ncfsa אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 eeseh I-make I will do HVqi1cs לְ/ב֥וּל 𐤋/𐤁𐤅𐤋 levul for-a-stock for yield-of HR/Ncmsc עֵ֖ץ 𐤏𐤑 ets of-a-tree wood-tree of HNcmsa אֶסְגּֽוֹד 𐤀𐤎𐤂𐤅𐤃 esegod I-fall-down I will prostrate myself HVqi1cs
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