ישעיהו כ״ה
Isaiah 25
Hebrew
יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהַי֙ אַתָּ֔ה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ֙ אוֹדֶ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ פֶּ֑לֶא עֵצ֥וֹת מֵרָחֹ֖ק אֱמ֥וּנָה אֹֽמֶן׃ כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵעִיר֙ לַגָּ֔ל קִרְיָ֥ה בְצוּרָ֖ה לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה אַרְמ֤וֹן זָרִים֙ מֵעִ֔יר לְעוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִבָּנֶֽה׃ עַל־כֵּ֖ן יְכַבְּד֣וּךָ עַם־עָ֑ז קִרְיַ֛ת גּוֹיִ֥ם עָרִיצִ֖ים יִירָאֽוּךָ׃ כִּי־הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ל֑וֹ מַחְסֶ֤ה מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ צֵ֣ל מֵחֹ֔רֶב כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ עָרִיצִ֖ים כְּזֶ֥רֶם קִֽיר׃ כְּחֹ֣רֶב בְּצָי֔וֹן שְׁא֥וֹן זָרִ֖ים תַּכְנִ֑יעַ חֹ֚רֶב בְּצֵ֣ל עָ֔ב זְמִ֥יר עָרִיצִ֖ים יַעֲנֶֽה׃ {פ}
וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכׇל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃ וּבִלַּע֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּ֥וֹט ׀ הַלּ֖וֹט עַל־כׇּל־הָעַמִּ֑ים וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה הַנְּסוּכָ֖ה עַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־פָּנִ֑ים וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ {פ}
וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זֶ֛ה קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ וְיוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נוּ זֶ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ קִוִּ֣ינוּ ל֔וֹ נָגִ֥ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָ֖ה בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ כִּי־תָנ֥וּחַ יַד־יְהֹוָ֖ה בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְנָד֤וֹשׁ מוֹאָב֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כְּהִדּ֥וּשׁ מַתְבֵּ֖ן (במי) [בְּמ֥וֹ] מַדְמֵנָֽה׃ וּפֵרַ֤שׂ יָדָיו֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְפָרֵ֥שׂ הַשֹּׂחֶ֖ה לִשְׂח֑וֹת וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ גַּאֲוָת֔וֹ עִ֖ם אׇרְבּ֥וֹת יָדָֽיו׃ וּמִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל הִגִּ֥יעַ לָאָ֖רֶץ עַד־עָפָֽר׃ {ס}
וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכׇל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃ וּבִלַּע֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּ֥וֹט ׀ הַלּ֖וֹט עַל־כׇּל־הָעַמִּ֑ים וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה הַנְּסוּכָ֖ה עַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־פָּנִ֑ים וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ {פ}
וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זֶ֛ה קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ וְיוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נוּ זֶ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ קִוִּ֣ינוּ ל֔וֹ נָגִ֥ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָ֖ה בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ כִּי־תָנ֥וּחַ יַד־יְהֹוָ֖ה בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְנָד֤וֹשׁ מוֹאָב֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כְּהִדּ֥וּשׁ מַתְבֵּ֖ן (במי) [בְּמ֥וֹ] מַדְמֵנָֽה׃ וּפֵרַ֤שׂ יָדָיו֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְפָרֵ֥שׂ הַשֹּׂחֶ֖ה לִשְׂח֑וֹת וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ גַּאֲוָת֔וֹ עִ֖ם אׇרְבּ֥וֹת יָדָֽיו׃ וּמִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל הִגִּ֥יעַ לָאָ֖רֶץ עַד־עָפָֽר׃ {ס}
English Translation
O ETERNAL One, You are my God;
I will extol You, I will praise Your name.
For You planned graciousnessagraciousness See 9.5. of old,
Counsels of steadfast faithfulness. For You have turned a city into a stone heap,
A walled town into a ruin,
The citadel of strangersbstrangers Emendation yields “arrogant men.” into rubble,crubble Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Never to be rebuilt. Therefore a fierce people must honor You,
A city of cruel nations must fear You. For You have been a refuge for the pauper,
A shelter for the needy person in distress—
Shelter from rainstorm, shade from heat.
When the fury of tyrants was like a winterdwinter Meaning of Heb. uncertain. rainstorm, The rage of strangersestrangers See note at v. 2. like heat in the desert,
You subdued the heat with the shade of clouds,
The singingfsinging Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “rainstorm”; cf. v. 4d. of the tyrants was vanquished. GOD of Hosts will make on this mountgthis mount I.e., the Holy Land, as in 11.9; 14.25; 57.13.
For all the peoples
A banquet of rich viands,
A banquet of choice wines—
Of rich viands seasoned with marrow,
Of choice wineshof rich viands … / Of choice wines Meaning of Heb. uncertain. well refined. And on this mountithis mount See note at v. 6. will be destroyed the shroud
That is drawn over the faces of all the peoples,
And the covering that is spread
Over all the nations: Deathjdeath Perhaps an allusion to the mass killings committed by the Assyrians; cf. 10.7; 14.20. will be destroyed forever.
My Sovereign GOD will wipe the tears away
From all faces
And will put an end to the reproach of God’s peoplekGod’s people Emendation yields “peoples.”
Over all the earth—
For it is GOD who has spoken. In that day they shall say:
This is our God;
We trusted in the One who delivered us.
This is GOD, in whom we trusted;
Let us rejoice and exult in God’s deliverance! For GOD’s hand shall descend
Upon this mount,lthis mount See note at v. 6.
And MoabmMoab Emendation yields “Assyria”; cf. 14.25. shall be trampled underfoot
As straw is threshed to bits at Madmenah.nMadmenah A village near Jerusalem; see 10.31. Emendation yields “As straw gets shredded in the threshing.” Then [God’s] hands will be spread out in their homeland,ohomeland Lit. “midst.”
As a swimmer’s hands are spread out to swim,
And their pride will be humbled
Along with the emblems of their power.pthe emblems of their power Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “their citadels”; cf. the next verse. Yea, the secure fortification of theirqtheir Heb. “your.” walls
Will be laid low and humble—
Will be razed to the ground, to the very dust.
I will extol You, I will praise Your name.
For You planned graciousnessagraciousness See 9.5. of old,
Counsels of steadfast faithfulness. For You have turned a city into a stone heap,
A walled town into a ruin,
The citadel of strangersbstrangers Emendation yields “arrogant men.” into rubble,crubble Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Never to be rebuilt. Therefore a fierce people must honor You,
A city of cruel nations must fear You. For You have been a refuge for the pauper,
A shelter for the needy person in distress—
Shelter from rainstorm, shade from heat.
When the fury of tyrants was like a winterdwinter Meaning of Heb. uncertain. rainstorm, The rage of strangersestrangers See note at v. 2. like heat in the desert,
You subdued the heat with the shade of clouds,
The singingfsinging Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “rainstorm”; cf. v. 4d. of the tyrants was vanquished. GOD of Hosts will make on this mountgthis mount I.e., the Holy Land, as in 11.9; 14.25; 57.13.
For all the peoples
A banquet of rich viands,
A banquet of choice wines—
Of rich viands seasoned with marrow,
Of choice wineshof rich viands … / Of choice wines Meaning of Heb. uncertain. well refined. And on this mountithis mount See note at v. 6. will be destroyed the shroud
That is drawn over the faces of all the peoples,
And the covering that is spread
Over all the nations: Deathjdeath Perhaps an allusion to the mass killings committed by the Assyrians; cf. 10.7; 14.20. will be destroyed forever.
My Sovereign GOD will wipe the tears away
From all faces
And will put an end to the reproach of God’s peoplekGod’s people Emendation yields “peoples.”
Over all the earth—
For it is GOD who has spoken. In that day they shall say:
This is our God;
We trusted in the One who delivered us.
This is GOD, in whom we trusted;
Let us rejoice and exult in God’s deliverance! For GOD’s hand shall descend
Upon this mount,lthis mount See note at v. 6.
And MoabmMoab Emendation yields “Assyria”; cf. 14.25. shall be trampled underfoot
As straw is threshed to bits at Madmenah.nMadmenah A village near Jerusalem; see 10.31. Emendation yields “As straw gets shredded in the threshing.” Then [God’s] hands will be spread out in their homeland,ohomeland Lit. “midst.”
As a swimmer’s hands are spread out to swim,
And their pride will be humbled
Along with the emblems of their power.pthe emblems of their power Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “their citadels”; cf. the next verse. Yea, the secure fortification of theirqtheir Heb. “your.” walls
Will be laid low and humble—
Will be razed to the ground, to the very dust.
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Isaiah
Category
Tanach
Reference
Isaiah 25
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