Isaiah 10

hoy hakhoqeqim khiqqe-aven umekhattevim amal kittevu

Ha! Those who write out evil writs And compose iniquitous documents,

lehattot middin dallim veligzol mishpat aniyye ammi lihyot almanot shelalam ve'et-yetomim yavozzu

To subvert the cause of the poor, To rob of their rights the needy of My people; That widows may be their spoil, And fatherless children their booty!

umah-tta'asu leyom pequddah ulesho'ah mimmerkhaq tavo al-mi tanusu le'ezrah ve'anah ta'azvu kevodekhem

What will you do on the day of punishment, When the calamity comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, And how will you save your carcasses

bilti khara takhat assir vetakhat harugim yippolu bekhol-zot lo-shav appo ve'od yado netuyah

From collapsing under [fellow] prisoners, From falling beneath the slain? Yet God’s anger has not turned back, And the divine arm is outstretched still.

hoy ashur shevet appi umatteh-hu veyadam zami

Ha! Assyria, rod of My anger, In whose hand, as a staff, is My fury!

begoy khanef ashallekhennu ve'al-am evrati atsavvennu lishlol shalal velavoz baz (vlshymv) [ulesumo] mirmas kekhomer khutsot

I send him against an ungodly nation, I charge him against a people that provokes Me, To take its spoil and to seize its booty And to make it a thing trampled Like the mire of the streets.

vehu lo-khen yedammeh ulevavo lo-khen yakhshov ki lehashmid bilvavo ulehakhrit goyim lo me'at

But he has evil plans, His mind harbors evil designs; For he means to destroy, To wipe out nations, not a few.

ki yomar halo saray yakhdav melakhim

For he thinks, “After all, I have kings as my captains!

halo kekharkemish kalno im-lo khe'arpad khamat im-lo khedammeseq shomeron

Was Calno any different from Carchemish? Or Hamath from Arpad? Or Samaria from Damascus?

ka'asher matse'ah yadi lemamlekhot ha'elil ufesilehem mirushalai͏m umishomeron

Since I was able to seize The insignificant kingdoms, Whose images exceeded Jerusalem’s and Samaria’s,

halo ka'asher asiti leshomeron vele'elileha ken e'eseh lirushalai͏m vela'atsabbeha

Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images What I did to Samaria and her idols?”

vehayah ki-yevatsa adonay et-kol-ma'asehu behar tsiyyon uvirushalai͏m efqod al-peri-godel levav melekh-ashur ve'al-tiferet rum enayw

But when all of my Sovereign’s purpose has been carried out on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, the majestic pride and overbearing arrogance of the king of Assyria will be punished.

ki amar bekhoakh yadi asiti uvekhokhmati ki nevunoti ve'asir gevulot ammim (vtydtyhm) [va'atudotehem] shoseti ve'orid kabir yoshevim

For he thought, “By the might of my hand have I wrought it, By my skill, for I am clever: I have erased the borders of peoples; I have plundered their treasures, And exiled their vast populations.

vattimtsa khaqqen yadi lekhel ha'ammim vekhe'esof betsim azuvot kol-ha'arets ani asafeti velo hayah noded kanaf ufotseh feh umetsaftsef

I was able to seize, like a nest, The wealth of peoples; As one gathers abandoned eggs, So I gathered all the earth: Nothing so much as flapped a wing Or opened a mouth to peep.”

hayitpa'er haggarzen al hakhotsev bo im-yitgaddel hammassor al-menifo kehanif shevet ve'et-merimayw keharim matteh lo-ets

Does an ax boast over one who hews with it, Or a saw magnify itself above one who wields it? As though the rod raised one who lifts it, As though the staff lifted the person!

lakhen yeshallakh ha'adon Adonai tseva'ot bemishmannayw razon vetakhat kevodo yeqad yeqod kiqod esh

Assuredly, The Sovereign GOD of Hosts will send A wasting away in its fatness; And under its body shall burn A burning like that of fire, Destroying frame and flesh. It shall be like an invalid who pines away.

vehayah or-yisra'el le'esh uqedosho lelehavah uva'arah ve'okhlah shito ushemiro beyom ekhad

The Light of Israel will be fire And its Holy One flame. It will burn and consume its thorns And its thistles in a single day,

ukhevod yaro vekharmillo minnefesh ve'ad-basar yekhalleh vehayah kimsos noses

And the mass of its scrub and its farmland.

ushe'ar ets yaro mispar yihyu vena'ar yikhtevem

What trees remain of its scrub Shall be so few that a child may record them.

vehayah bayyom hahu lo-yosif od she'ar yisra'el ufeletat bet-ya'aqov lehisha'en al-makkehu venishan al-Adonai qedosh yisra'el be'emet

And in that day, The remnant of Israel And the escaped of the House of Jacob Shall lean no more upon him that beats it, But shall lean sincerely On GOD, the Holy One of Israel.

she'ar yashuv she'ar ya'aqov el-el gibbor

Only a remnant shall return, Only a remnant of Jacob, To Mighty God.

ki im-yihyeh ammekha yisra'el kekhol hayyam she'ar yashuv bo killayon kharuts shotef tsedaqah

Even if your people, O Israel, Should be as the sands of the sea, Only a remnant of it shall return. Destruction is decreed; Retribution comes like a flood!

ki khalah venekheratsah adonay Elohim tseva'ot oseh beqerev kol-ha'arets

For my Sovereign GOD of Hosts is carrying out A decree of destruction upon all the land.

lakhen koh-amar adonay Elohim tseva'ot al-tira ammi yoshev tsiyyon me'ashur bashevet yakkekkah umattehu yissa-alekha bederekh mitsrayim

Assuredly, thus said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts: “O My people that dwells in Zion, have no fear of Assyria, who beats you with a rod and wields his staff over you as did the Egyptians.

ki-od me'at mizar vekhalah za'am ve'appi al-tavlitam

For very soon My wrath will have spent itself, and My anger that was bent on wasting them.”

ve'orer alayw Adonai tseva'ot shot kemakkat midyan betsur orev umattehu al-hayyam unesa'o bederekh mitsrayim

GOD of Hosts will brandish a scourge over Assyria as when Midian was beaten at the Rock of Oreb, and will wield a staff [over him] as was done to the Egyptians by the sea.

vehayah bayyom hahu yasur subbolo me'al shikhmekha ve'ullo me'al tsavvarekha vekhubbal ol mippene-shamen

And in that day, His burden shall drop from your back, And his yoke from your neck; The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.

ba al-ayyat avar bemigron lemikhmas yafqid kelayw

He advanced upon Aiath, He proceeded to Migron, At Michmas he deposited his baggage.

averu mabarah geva malon lanu kharedah haramah givat sha'ul nasah

They made the crossing; “Geba is to be our night quarters!” Ramah was alarmed; Gibeah of Saul took to flight.

tsahali qolekh bat-gallim haqshivi layshah aniyyah anatot

“Give a shrill cry, O Bath-gallim! Hearken, Laishah! Take up the cry, Anathoth!”

nadedah madmenah yosheve haggevim he'izu

Madmenah ran away; The dwellers of Gebim sought refuge.

od hayyom benov la'amod yenofef yado har (vyt) [bat-]tsiyyon givat yerushalai͏m

This same day at Nob He shall stand and wave his hand. O mount of Fair Zion! O hill of Jerusalem!

hinneh ha'adon Adonai tseva'ot mesa'ef purah bema'aratsah verame haqqomah gedu'im vehaggevohim yishpalu

Lo! The Sovereign GOD of Hosts Will hew off the tree-crowns with an ax: The tall ones shall be felled, The lofty ones cut down:

veniqqaf sivkhe hayya'ar babbarzel vehallevanon be'addir yippol

The thickets of the forest shall be hacked away with iron, And the Lebanon trees shall fall in their majesty.