Sefaria Isaiah 21 - 22 Revised JPS
Sefaria Isaiah 21 - 22 Revised JPS
Isaiah
Tanakh
Isaiah (“Yeshayahu”) is the fifth book of the Prophets and is known for its visions of universal peace and renewal. Beginning in the period of the First Temple against the backdrop of a rising Assyrian empire and Israel on the decline, Isaiah rebukes Israel for abandoning God and pursuing corruption, calls for change, and warns the nations of their ultimate downfalls. The last third of the book contains comforting prophecies about returning to Jerusalem and redemption.
Composed: Judea/Israel (c.750 - c.450 BCE) נוצר/נערך: יהודה / ישראל (750 - 450 לפנה"ס בקירוב)
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Digitization: Sefaria
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מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר־יָ֑ם כְּסוּפ֤וֹת בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ לַחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א מֵאֶ֖רֶץ נוֹרָאָֽה׃
The “Desert of the Sea” Pronouncement.
Like the gales
That race through the Negeb,
It comes from the desert,
The terrible land.
Like the gales
That race through the Negeb,
It comes from the desert,
The terrible land.
חָז֥וּת קָשָׁ֖ה הֻגַּד־לִ֑י הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד ׀ בּוֹגֵד֙ וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד ׀ שׁוֹדֵ֔ד עֲלִ֤י עֵילָם֙ צוּרִ֣י מָדַ֔י כׇּל־אַנְחָתָ֖הֿ הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃
A harsh prophecy
Has been announced to me:
“The betrayer is betraying,
The ravager ravaging.
Advance, Elam!
Lay siege, Media!
I have put an end
To all her sighing.”
Has been announced to me:
“The betrayer is betraying,
The ravager ravaging.
Advance, Elam!
Lay siege, Media!
I have put an end
To all her sighing.”
עַל־כֵּ֗ן מָלְא֤וּ מׇתְנַי֙ חַלְחָלָ֔ה צִירִ֣ים אֲחָז֔וּנִי כְּצִירֵ֖י יוֹלֵדָ֑ה נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי מֵרְאֽוֹת׃
Therefore my loins
Are seized with trembling;
I am gripped by pangs
Like a woman in travail,
Too anguished to hear,
Too frightened to see.
Are seized with trembling;
I am gripped by pangs
Like a woman in travail,
Too anguished to hear,
Too frightened to see.
תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לִ֖י לַחֲרָדָֽה׃
My mind is confused,
I shudder in panic.
My night of pleasure
He has turned to terror:
I shudder in panic.
My night of pleasure
He has turned to terror:
עָרֹ֧ךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָ֛ן צָפֹ֥ה הַצָּפִ֖ית אָכ֣וֹל שָׁתֹ֑ה ק֥וּמוּ הַשָּׂרִ֖ים מִשְׁח֥וּ מָגֵֽן׃ {ס}
“Set the table!”
To “Let the watchman watch!”
“Eat and drink!”
To “Up, officers! Grease the shields!”
To “Let the watchman watch!”
“Eat and drink!”
To “Up, officers! Grease the shields!”
כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַֽעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד׃
For thus my Sovereign said to me:
“Go, set up a sentry;
Let him announce what he sees.
“Go, set up a sentry;
Let him announce what he sees.
וְרָ֣אָה רֶ֗כֶב צֶ֚מֶד פָּרָשִׁ֔ים רֶ֥כֶב חֲמ֖וֹר רֶ֣כֶב גָּמָ֑ל וְהִקְשִׁ֥יב קֶ֖שֶׁב רַב־קָֽשֶׁב׃
He will see mounted men,
Horsemen in pairs—
Riders on donkeys,
Riders on camels—
And he will listen closely,
Most attentively.”
Horsemen in pairs—
Riders on donkeys,
Riders on camels—
And he will listen closely,
Most attentively.”
וַיִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַ֨ל־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כׇּל־הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃
And [like] a lion he called out:
“On my Sovereign’s lookout I stand
Ever by day,
And at my post I watch
Every night.
“On my Sovereign’s lookout I stand
Ever by day,
And at my post I watch
Every night.
וְהִנֵּה־זֶ֥ה בָא֙ רֶ֣כֶב אִ֔ישׁ צֶ֖מֶד פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָפְלָ֤ה נָֽפְלָה֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְכׇל־פְּסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ שִׁבַּ֥ר לָאָֽרֶץ׃
And there they come, mounted men—
Horsemen in pairs!”
Then he spoke up and said,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
And all the images of her gods
Have crashed to the ground!”
Horsemen in pairs!”
Then he spoke up and said,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
And all the images of her gods
Have crashed to the ground!”
מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י וּבֶן־גׇּרְנִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת יְהֹוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִגַּ֥דְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃ {פ}
My threshing, the product of my threshing floor:
What I have heard from GOD of Hosts,
The God of Israel—
That I have told to you.
What I have heard from GOD of Hosts,
The God of Israel—
That I have told to you.
מַשָּׂ֖א דּוּמָ֑ה אֵלַי֙ קֹרֵ֣א מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר שֹׁמֵר֙ מַה־מִּלַּ֔יְלָה שֹׁמֵ֖ר מַה־מִּלֵּֽיל׃
The “Dumah” Pronouncement.
A call comes to me from Seir:
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
A call comes to me from Seir:
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם־לָ֑יְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃ {פ}
The watchman replied,
“Morning came, and so did night.
If you would inquire, inquire.
Come back again.”
“Morning came, and so did night.
If you would inquire, inquire.
Come back again.”
מַשָּׂ֖א בַּעְרָ֑ב בַּיַּ֤עַר בַּעְרַב֙ תָּלִ֔ינוּ אֹרְח֖וֹת דְּדָנִֽים׃
The “In the Steppe” Pronouncement.
In the scrub, in the steppe, you will lodge,
O caravans of the Dedanites!
In the scrub, in the steppe, you will lodge,
O caravans of the Dedanites!
לִקְרַ֥את צָמֵ֖א הֵתָ֣יוּ מָ֑יִם יֹֽשְׁבֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ תֵּימָ֔א בְּלַחְמ֖וֹ קִדְּמ֥וּ נֹדֵֽד׃
Meet the thirsty with water,
You who dwell in the land of Tema;
Greet the fugitive with bread.
You who dwell in the land of Tema;
Greet the fugitive with bread.
כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ {ס}
For they have fled before swords:
Before the whetted sword,
Before the bow that was drawn,
Before the stress of war.
Before the whetted sword,
Before the bow that was drawn,
Before the stress of war.
כִּי־כֹ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֲדֹנָ֖י אֵלָ֑י בְּע֤וֹד שָׁנָה֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְכָלָ֖ה כׇּל־כְּב֥וֹד קֵדָֽר׃
For thus my Sovereign has said to me: “In another year, fixed like the years of a hired laborer, all the multitude of Kedar shall vanish;
וּשְׁאָ֧ר מִסְפַּר־קֶ֛שֶׁת גִּבּוֹרֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־קֵדָ֖ר יִמְעָ֑טוּ כִּ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דִּבֵּֽר׃ {ס}
the remaining bows of Kedar’s warriors shall be few in number; for the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, has spoken.”
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מַשָּׂ֖א גֵּ֣יא חִזָּי֑וֹן מַה־לָּ֣ךְ אֵפ֔וֹא כִּי־עָלִ֥ית כֻּלָּ֖ךְ לַגַּגּֽוֹת׃
The “Valley of Vision” Pronouncement.
What can have happened to you
That you have gone, all of you, up on the roofs,
What can have happened to you
That you have gone, all of you, up on the roofs,
תְּשֻׁא֣וֹת ׀ מְלֵאָ֗ה עִ֚יר הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָ֑ה חֲלָלַ֙יִךְ֙ לֹ֣א חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וְלֹ֖א מֵתֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃
O you who were full of tumult,
You clamorous town,
You city so exultant?
Your slain are not the slain of the sword
Nor the dead of battle.
You clamorous town,
You city so exultant?
Your slain are not the slain of the sword
Nor the dead of battle.
כׇּל־קְצִינַ֥יִךְ נָֽדְדוּ־יַ֖חַד מִקֶּ֣שֶׁת אֻסָּ֑רוּ כׇּל־נִמְצָאַ֙יִךְ֙ אֻסְּר֣וּ יַחְדָּ֔ו מֵרָח֖וֹק בָּרָֽחוּ׃
Your officers have all departed,
They fled far away;
Your survivors were all taken captive,
Taken captive without their bows.
They fled far away;
Your survivors were all taken captive,
Taken captive without their bows.
עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֛רְתִּי שְׁע֥וּ מִנִּ֖י אֲמָרֵ֣ר בַּבֶּ֑כִי אַל־תָּאִ֣יצוּ לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי עַל־שֹׁ֖ד בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃
That is why I say, “Let me be,
I will weep bitterly.
Press not to comfort me
For the ruin of my poor people.”
I will weep bitterly.
Press not to comfort me
For the ruin of my poor people.”
כִּ֣י יוֹם֩ מְהוּמָ֨ה וּמְבוּסָ֜ה וּמְבוּכָ֗ה לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּגֵ֣י חִזָּי֑וֹן מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר וְשׁ֥וֹעַ אֶל־הָהָֽר׃
For my Sovereign GOD of Hosts had a day
Of tumult and din and confusion—
Kir raged in the Valley of Vision,
And Shoa on the hill;
Of tumult and din and confusion—
Kir raged in the Valley of Vision,
And Shoa on the hill;
וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃
While Elam bore the quiver
In troops of mounted men,
And Kir bared the shield—
In troops of mounted men,
And Kir bared the shield—
וַיְהִ֥י מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ מָ֣לְאוּ רָ֑כֶב וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים שֹׁ֖ת שָׁ֥תוּ הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃
And your choicest lowlands
Were filled with chariots and riders:
They stormed at Judah’s gateway
Were filled with chariots and riders:
They stormed at Judah’s gateway
וַיְגַ֕ל אֵ֖ת מָסַ֣ךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַתַּבֵּט֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֶל־נֶ֖שֶׁק בֵּ֥ית הַיָּֽעַר׃
And pressed beyond its screen.
You gave thought on that day
To the arms in the Forest House,
You gave thought on that day
To the arms in the Forest House,
וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃
And you took note of the many breaches
In the City of David.
And you collected the water of the Lower Pool;
In the City of David.
And you collected the water of the Lower Pool;
וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם סְפַרְתֶּ֑ם וַתִּתְצוּ֙ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים לְבַצֵּ֖ר הַחוֹמָֽה׃
and you counted the houses of Jerusalem and pulled houses down to fortify the wall;
וּמִקְוָ֣ה ׀ עֲשִׂיתֶ֗ם בֵּ֚ין הַחֹ֣מֹתַ֔יִם לְמֵ֖י הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הַיְשָׁנָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הִבַּטְתֶּם֙ אֶל־עֹשֶׂ֔יהָ וְיֹצְרָ֥הּ מֵרָח֖וֹק לֹ֥א רְאִיתֶֽם׃
and you constructed a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool.
But you gave no thought to the One who planned it,
You took no note of the One who designed it long before.
But you gave no thought to the One who planned it,
You took no note of the One who designed it long before.
וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֲדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקׇרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃
My Sovereign GOD of Hosts summoned on that day
To weeping and lamenting,
To tonsuring and girding with sackcloth.
To weeping and lamenting,
To tonsuring and girding with sackcloth.
וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֗ה הָרֹ֤ג ׀ בָּקָר֙ וְשָׁחֹ֣ט צֹ֔אן אָכֹ֥ל בָּשָׂ֖ר וְשָׁת֣וֹת יָ֑יִן אָכ֣וֹל וְשָׁת֔וֹ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר נָמֽוּת׃
Instead, there was rejoicing and merriment,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
וְנִגְלָ֥ה בְאׇזְנָ֖י יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אִם־יְ֠כֻפַּ֠ר הֶעָוֺ֨ן הַזֶּ֤ה לָכֶם֙ עַד־תְּמֻת֔וּן אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֖ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ {פ}
Then GOD of Hosts was revealed to my ears:
“This iniquity shall never be forgiven you
Until you die,” said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts.
“This iniquity shall never be forgiven you
Until you die,” said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts.
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֖ה צְבָא֑וֹת לֶךְ־בֹּא֙ אֶל־הַסֹּכֵ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה עַל־שֶׁבְנָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הַבָּֽיִת׃
Thus said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts: Go in to see that steward, that Shebna, in charge of the palace:
מַה־לְּךָ֥ פֹה֙ וּמִ֣י לְךָ֣ פֹ֔ה כִּֽי־חָצַ֧בְתָּ לְּךָ֛ פֹּ֖ה קָ֑בֶר חֹצְבִ֤י מָרוֹם֙ קִבְר֔וֹ חֹקְקִ֥י בַסֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֽוֹ׃
What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here?—
O you who have hewn your tomb on high;
O you who have hollowed out for yourself an abode in the cliff!
That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here?—
O you who have hewn your tomb on high;
O you who have hollowed out for yourself an abode in the cliff!
הִנֵּ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ מְטַלְטֶלְךָ֔ טַלְטֵלָ֖ה גָּ֑בֶר וְעֹטְךָ֖ עָטֹֽה׃
GOD
is about to shake you
Severely, fellow, and then wear you like a wrap.
Severely, fellow, and then wear you like a wrap.
צָנ֤וֹף יִצְנׇפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּדּ֕וּר אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִם שָׁ֣מָּה תָמ֗וּת וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ מַרְכְּב֣וֹת כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָ קְל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃
Indeed, [God] will wind you about as a headdress, a turban.
Off to a broad land!
There shall you die, and there shall be the chariots bearing your body,
O shame of your master’s house!
Off to a broad land!
There shall you die, and there shall be the chariots bearing your body,
O shame of your master’s house!
וַהֲדַפְתִּ֖יךָ מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָֽדְךָ֖ יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃
For I will hurl you from your station
And you shall be torn down from your stand.
And you shall be torn down from your stand.
וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְקָרָ֣אתִי לְעַבְדִּ֔י לְאֶלְיָקִ֖ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּֽהוּ׃
And in that day, I will summon My servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah,
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו כֻּתׇּנְתֶּ֗ךָ וְאַבְנֵֽטְךָ֙ אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ וּמֶֽמְשַׁלְתְּךָ֖ אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיָד֑וֹ וְהָיָ֥ה לְאָ֛ב לְיוֹשֵׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וּלְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃
and I will invest him with your tunic, gird him with your sash, and deliver your authority into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the house of Judah.
וְנָתַתִּ֛י מַפְתֵּ֥חַ בֵּית־דָּוִ֖ד עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וּפָתַח֙ וְאֵ֣ין סֹגֵ֔ר וְסָגַ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין פֹּתֵֽחַ׃
I will place the keys of David’s palace on his shoulders; and what he unlocks none may shut, and what he locks none may open.
וּתְקַעְתִּ֥יו יָתֵ֖ד בְּמָק֣וֹם נֶאֱמָ֑ן וְהָיָ֛ה לְכִסֵּ֥א כָב֖וֹד לְבֵ֥ית אָבִֽיו׃
He shall be a seat of honor to his father’s household. I will fix him as a peg in a firm place,
וְתָל֨וּ עָלָ֜יו כֹּ֣ל ׀ כְּב֣וֹד בֵּית־אָבִ֗יו הַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים֙ וְהַצְּפִע֔וֹת כֹּ֖ל כְּלֵ֣י הַקָּטָ֑ן מִכְּלֵי֙ הָאַגָּנ֔וֹת וְעַ֖ד כׇּל־כְּלֵ֥י הַנְּבָלִֽים׃
on which all the substance of his father’s household shall be hung: the sprouts and the leaves —all the small vessels, from bowls to all sorts of jars.
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נְאֻם֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת תָּמוּשׁ֙ הַיָּתֵ֔ד הַתְּקוּעָ֖ה בְּמָק֣וֹם נֶאֱמָ֑ן וְנִגְדְּעָ֣ה וְנָפְלָ֗ה וְנִכְרַת֙ הַמַּשָּׂ֣א אֲשֶׁר־עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ {פ}
In that day—declares GOD of Hosts—the peg fixed in a firm place shall give way: it shall be cut down and shall fall, and the weight it supports shall be destroyed. For it is GOD who has spoken.
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