Isaiah 17
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מַשָּׂ֖א דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק הִנֵּ֤ה דַמֶּ֨שֶׂק֙ מוּסָ֣ר מֵעִ֔יר וְהָיְתָ֖ה מְעִ֥י מַפָּלָֽה
burden of · Damascus · behold · Damascus · turned aside · from city · and to be · ruin of · ruin
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עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַעֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְרָבְצ֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד
left · cities of · Aroer · to/for flocks · to be · and to lie down · and nothing · trembling
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וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת מִבְצָר֙ מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם וּמַמְלָכָ֥ה מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק וּשְׁאָ֣ר אֲרָ֑ם כִּכְב֤וֹד בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִֽהְי֔וּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת
and to cease · fortress · from Ephraim · and kingdom · from Damascus · and remnant of · Aram · like/as glory of · sons of · Israel · to be · utterance of · LORD · armies
Septuagint runs longer here
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וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִדַּ֖ל כְּב֣וֹד יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּמִשְׁמַ֥ן בְּשָׂר֖וֹ יֵרָזֶֽה
and to be · in/at the day · the he · to hang · glory of · Jacob · and fatness of · flesh his · to grow lean
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וְהָיָ֗ה כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּזְרֹע֖וֹ שִׁבֳּלִ֣ים יִקְצ֑וֹר וְהָיָ֛ה כִּמְלַקֵּ֥ט שִׁבֳּלִ֖ים בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים
and to be · like/as to gather · harvest · standing grain · and arm his · ears of grain · to be short · and to be · like/as gathering · ears of grain · in/at valley of · giants
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וְנִשְׁאַר בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה גַּרְגְּרִ֖ים בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר אַרְבָּעָ֣ה חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה בִּסְעִפֶ֨יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה נְאֻם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and to remain · in/at him · gleanings · like/as striking off of · olive · two · three · berries · in/at head of · summit · four · five · in/at clefts her · bearing fruit · utterance of · LORD · God(s) of · Israel
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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִשְׁעֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם עַל עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ וְעֵינָ֕יו אֶל קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תִּרְאֶֽינָה
in/at the day · the he · to look · the man · upon · doing him · and eyes his · to · holy of · Israel · to see
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וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁעֶ֔ה אֶל הַֽמִּזְבְּח֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדָ֑יו וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו֙ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֔ה וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְהָחַמָּנִֽים
and not · to look · to · the altars · work of · hands his · and which · to do · fingers his · not · to see · and the Asherah · and the incense altars
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בַּיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יִהְי֣וּ עָרֵ֣י מָעֻזּ֗וֹ כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת הַחֹ֨רֶשׁ֙ וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָזְב֔וּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֖ה שְׁמָמָֽה
in/at the day · the he · to be · cities of · refuge his · like/as left · the forest · and the summit · which · to leave · from face(s) of · sons of · Israel · and to be · desolation
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כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֨חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ עַל כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ
that · to forget · God(s) of · salvation your · and rock of · refuge your · not · to remember · upon · thus · to plant · plants of · pleasantness · and branch of · strange · to sow him
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בְּי֤וֹם נִטְעֵךְ֙ תְּשַׂגְשֵׂ֔גִי וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר זַרְעֵ֣ךְ תַּפְרִ֑יחִי נֵ֥ד קָצִ֛יר בְּי֥וֹם נַחֲלָ֖ה וּכְאֵ֥ב אָנֽוּשׁ
in/at day of · plant your · to fence · and in/at the morning · seed your · to sprout · heap · harvest · in/at day of · being sick · and pain · incurable
Septuagint runs longer here
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ה֗וֹי הֲמוֹן֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כַּהֲמ֥וֹת יַמִּ֖ים יֶהֱמָי֑וּן וּשְׁא֣וֹן לְאֻמִּ֔ים כִּשְׁא֛וֹן מַ֥יִם כַּבִּירִ֖ים יִשָּׁאֽוּן
alas · tumult of · peoples · many · like/as to roar · seas · to roar · and roar of · peoples · like/as roar of · water(s) · mighty · to crash
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לְאֻמִּ֗ים כִּשְׁא֞וֹן מַ֤יִם רַבִּים֙ יִשָּׁא֔וּן וְגָ֥עַר בּ֖וֹ וְנָ֣ס מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְרֻדַּ֗ף כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ לִפְנֵי ר֔וּחַ וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה
peoples · like/as roar of · water(s) · many · to crash · and to rebuke · in/at him · and to flee · from distant place · and to pursue · like/as chaff of · mountains · to/for face(s) of · spirit · and like/as whirlwind · to/for face(s) of · Suphah
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לְעֵ֥ת עֶ֨רֶב֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה בַלָּהָ֔ה בְּטֶ֥רֶם בֹּ֖קֶר אֵינֶ֑נּוּ זֶ֚ה חֵ֣לֶק שׁוֹסֵ֔ינוּ וְגוֹרָ֖ל לְבֹזְזֵֽינוּ
to/for time of · evening · and behold · terror · in/at before · morning · nothing him · this · portion of · plundering us · and lot · to/for plundering us
About this chapter
- 14 Verses
- 179 Hebrew words
- 125 Distinct lemmas
2 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 17:3, 17:11. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Isaiah 17 contains 14 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Isaiah, or return to the book of Isaiah for the full chapter list.