8
Then I
heard the
voice of the
Lord,
saying,
"Whom shall I
send, and
who will
go for Us?" Then I
said,
"Here am I.
Send me!"
x;l.v,a yim -t,a rem{a y'n{d]a lw{q -t,a [;m.v,a'w ? yinex'l.v yin.nih r;m{a'w .Wn'l -.k,ley yim.W
9
He
said,
"Go, and
tell this people:
'Keep on
listening, but do not
perceive;
Keep on
looking, but do not
understand.'
;[w{m'v .W[.miv h,Z;h ~'['l 'T.r;m'a.w .$el r,ma{Y;w ? .W['deT -l;a.w w{a'r .Wa.r.W .Wnyib'T -l;a.w
10
"Render the
hearts of
this people insensitive, Their
ears dull, And their
eyes dim,
Otherwise they might
see with their
eyes,
Hear with their
ears,
Understand with their
hearts, And
return and be
healed."
wy'nye[.w deB.k;h wy'n.z'a.w h,Z;h ~'['h -bel !em.v;h ? ['m.vIy wy'n.z'a.b.W wy'nye[.b h,a.rIy -n,P [;v'h ? w{l a'p'r.w b'v'w !yib'y w{b'b.l.W
11
Then I
said,
"Lord,
how long *?" And He
answered,
"Until * * cities are
devastated and
without inhabitant,
Houses are
without people And the
land is
utterly desolate,
r,v]a d;[ r,ma{Y;w y'n{d]a y;t'm -d;[ r;m{a'w ? !yeaem ~yiT'b.W bevw{y !yeaem ~yir'[ .Wa'v -mia ? h'm'm.v h,a'ViT h'm'd]a'h.w ~'d'a
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"The
LORD has
removed men far away, And the
forsaken places are
many in the
midst of the
land.
h'b.Wz]['h h'B;r.w ~'d'a'h -t,a h'wh.y q;xir.w ? #,r'a'h b,r,q.B
13
"Yet there will be a
tenth portion in it, And it will
again be subject to
burning, Like a
terebinth or an
oak Whose stump remains
when it is
felled. The
holy seed is its
stump."
h'lea'K re['b.l h't.y'h.w h'b'v.w h'Yirif][ H'B dw{[.w ? v,d{q [;r,z ~'B t,b,C;m t,k,L;v.B r,v]a !w{L;a'k.w ? H'T.b;C;m