| 24. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 37:24:1 ⧉בְּיַ֣דbeyadby the hand of Isaiah 37:24:2 ⧉עֲבָדֶיךָ֮avadekhayour servants Isaiah 37:24:3 ⧉חֵרַ֣פְתָּkheraftayou have mocked or reproached Isaiah 37:24:4 ⧉אֲדֹנָי֒adonaithe Lord Isaiah 37:24:5 ⧉וַתֹּ֗אמֶרvatomerand you said Isaiah 37:24:6 ⧉בְּרֹ֥בberovwith the abundance of Isaiah 37:24:7 ⧉רִכְבִּ֛יrikhbimy chariots Isaiah 37:24:8 ⧉אֲנִ֥יaniI Isaiah 37:24:9 ⧉עָלִ֛יתִיalitiI have gone up Isaiah 37:24:10 ⧉מְר֥וֹםmeromheight of Isaiah 37:24:11 ⧉הָרִ֖יםharimmountains Isaiah 37:24:12 ⧉יַרְכְּתֵ֣יyarkhetethe far recesses of Isaiah 37:24:13 ⧉לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonLebanon Isaiah 37:24:14 ⧉וְאֶכְרֹ֞תveekhrotand I will cut down Isaiah 37:24:15 ⧉קוֹמַ֤תkomatthe stature of Isaiah 37:24:16 ⧉אֲרָזָיו֙arazavits cedars Isaiah 37:24:17 ⧉מִבְחַ֣רmivkharthe choice of Isaiah 37:24:18 ⧉בְּרֹשָׁ֔יוberoshavits cypresses or fir trees Isaiah 37:24:19 ⧉וְאָבוֹא֙veavoand I will come Isaiah 37:24:20 ⧉מְר֣וֹםmeromheight of Isaiah 37:24:21 ⧉קִצּ֔וֹkitsoits extremity or its end Isaiah 37:24:22 ⧉יַ֖עַרyaarforest of Isaiah 37:24:23 ⧉כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃kharmilloits fruitful land or its garden-land |
| 24. Formal Translation By the hand of your servants you have reproached the Lord {Adonai, Sovereign Judge}, and you said, “By the multitude of my chariotry I have ascended to the height of the mountains, to the remote parts of Lebanon; I will cut down the stature of its cedars and the choicest of its cypresses, and I will come to the height of its extremity, the forest of its Carmel.” |
| 24. Dynamic Translation Through your servants you have insulted the Lord {Adonai, Supreme Ruler}, saying, “With my many chariots I climbed the mountain heights, all the way to the far reaches of Lebanon. I will chop down its tallest cedars and its best cypresses, and I will reach its farthest height, the forest of its Carmel.” |