Isaiah 51

1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי רֹדְפֵי צֶדֶק מְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה הַבִּיטוּ אֶל־צוּר חֻצַּבְתֶּם וְאֶל־מַקֶּבֶת בֹּור נֻקַּרְתֶּם׃ (3899)

2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

הַבִּיטוּ אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם וְאֶל־שָׂרָה תְּחֹולֶלְכֶם כִּי־אֶחָד קְרָאתִיו וַאֲבָרְכֵהוּ וְאַרְבֵּהוּ׃ (2680)

3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

כִּי־נִחַם יְהוָה צִיֹּון נִחַם כָּל־חָרְבֹתֶיהָ וַיָּשֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ כְּעֵדֶן וְעַרְבָתָהּ כְּגַן־יְהוָה שָׂשֹׂון וְשִׂמְחָה יִמָּצֵא בָהּ תֹּודָה וְקֹול זִמְרָה׃ (4588)

4Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

הַקְשִׁיבוּ אֵלַי עַמִּי וּלְאוּמִּי אֵלַי הַאֲזִינוּ כִּי תֹורָה מֵאִתִּי תֵצֵא וּמִשְׁפָּטִי לְאֹור עַמִּים אַרְגִּיעַ׃ (3506)

5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

קָרֹוב צִדְקִי יָצָא יִשְׁעִי וּזְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּטוּ אֵלַי אִיִּים יְקַוּוּ וְאֶל־זְרֹעִי יְיַחֵלוּן׃ (2523)

6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

שְׂאוּ לַשָּׁמַיִם עֵינֵיכֶם וְהַבִּיטוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ מִתַּחַת כִּי־שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָחוּ וְהָאָרֶץ כַּבֶּגֶד תִּבְלֶה וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ כְּמֹו־כֵן יְמוּתוּן וִישׁוּעָתִי לְעֹולָם תִּהְיֶה וְצִדְקָתִי לֹא תֵחָת׃ (7730)

7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי יֹדְעֵי צֶדֶק עַם תֹּורָתִי בְלִבָּם אַל־תִּירְאוּ חֶרְפַּת אֱנֹושׁ וּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָם אַל־תֵּחָתּוּ׃ (5056)

8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

כִּי כַבֶּגֶד יֹאכְלֵם עָשׁ וְכַצֶּמֶר יֹאכְלֵם סָס וְצִדְקָתִי לְעֹולָם תִּהְיֶה וִישׁוּעָתִי לְדֹור דֹּורִים׃ (3615)

9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

עוּרִי עוּרִי לִבְשִׁי־עֹז זְרֹועַ יְהוָה עוּרִי כִּימֵי קֶדֶם דֹּרֹות עֹולָמִים הֲלֹוא אַתְּ־הִיא הַמַּחְצֶבֶת רַהַב מְחֹולֶלֶת תַּנִּין׃ (4851)

10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

הֲלֹוא אַתְּ־הִיא הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת יָם מֵי תְּהֹום רַבָּה הַשָּׂמָה מַעֲמַקֵּי־יָם דֶּרֶךְ לַעֲבֹר גְּאוּלִים׃ (3148)

11Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

וּפְדוּיֵי יְהוָה יְשׁוּבוּן וּבָאוּ צִיֹּון בְּרִנָּה וְשִׂמְחַת עֹולָם עַל־רֹאשָׁם שָׂשֹׂון וְשִׂמְחָה יַשִּׂיגוּן נָסוּ יָגֹון וַאֲנָחָה׃ (4134)

12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי הוּא מְנַחֶמְכֶם מִי־אַתְּ וַתִּירְאִי מֵאֱנֹושׁ יָמוּת וּמִבֶּן־אָדָם חָצִיר יִנָּתֵן׃ (3264)

13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

וַתִּשְׁכַּח יְהוָה עֹשֶׂךָ נֹוטֶה שָׁמַיִם וְיֹסֵד אָרֶץ וַתְּפַחֵד תָּמִיד כָּל־הַיֹּום מִפְּנֵי חֲמַת הַמֵּצִיק כַּאֲשֶׁר כֹּונֵן לְהַשְׁחִית וְאַיֵּה חֲמַת הַמֵּצִיק׃ (6032)

14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

מִהַר צֹעֶה לְהִפָּתֵחַ וְלֹא־יָמוּת לַשַּׁחַת וְלֹא יֶחְסַר לַחְמֹו׃ (2563)

15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

וְאָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ רֹגַע הַיָּם וַיֶּהֱמוּ גַּלָּיו יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שְׁמֹו׃ (1494)

16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

וָאָשִׂים דְּבָרַי בְּפִיךָ וּבְצֵל יָדִי כִּסִּיתִיךָ לִנְטֹעַ שָׁמַיִם וְלִיסֹד אָרֶץ וְלֵאמֹר לְצִיֹּון עַמִּי־אָתָּה׃ (3296)

17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

הִתְעֹורְרִי הִתְעֹורְרִי קוּמִי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר שָׁתִית מִיַּד יְהוָה אֶת־כֹּוס חֲמָתֹו אֶת־קֻבַּעַת כֹּוס הַתַּרְעֵלָה שָׁתִית מָצִית׃ (8575)

18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

אֵין־מְנַהֵל לָהּ מִכָּל־בָּנִים יָלָדָה וְאֵין מַחֲזִיק בְּיָדָהּ מִכָּל־בָּנִים גִּדֵּלָה׃ (949)

19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ מִי יָנוּד לָךְ הַשֹּׁד וְהַשֶּׁבֶר וְהָרָעָב וְהַחֶרֶב מִי אֲנַחֲמֵךְ׃ (3206)

20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ שָׁכְבוּ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצֹות כְּתֹוא מִכְמָר הַמְלֵאִים חֲמַת־יְהוָה גַּעֲרַת אֱלֹהָיִךְ׃ (3725)

21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

לָכֵן שִׁמְעִי־נָא זֹאת עֲנִיָּה וּשְׁכֻרַת וְלֹא מִיָּיִן׃ (2187)

22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנַיִךְ יְהוָה וֵאלֹהַיִךְ יָרִיב עַמֹּו הִנֵּה לָקַחְתִּי מִיָּדֵךְ אֶת־כֹּוס הַתַּרְעֵלָה אֶת־קֻבַּעַת כֹּוס חֲמָתִי לֹא־תֹוסִיפִי לִשְׁתֹּותָהּ עֹוד׃ (6001)

23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ בְּיַד־מֹוגַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר־אָמְרוּ לְנַפְשֵׁךְ שְׁחִי וְנַעֲבֹרָה וַתָּשִׂימִי כָאָרֶץ גֵּוֵךְ וְכַחוּץ לַעֹבְרִים׃ (4323)