Isaiah 51:6
{ "verseID": "Isaiah.51.6", "source": "שְׂאוּ֩ לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ מִתַּ֗חַת כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כְּמוֹ־כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּן וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת", "text": "*śə'û laššāmayim 'ênêkem wəhabbiṭû 'el-hā'āreṣ mittaḥat kî-šāmayim ke'āšān nimləḥû wəhā'āreṣ kabbeged tiblê wəyošəbêhā kəmô-kēn yəmûtûn wîšû'ātî lə'ôlām tihyê wəṣidqātî lō' tēḥāt*", "grammar": { "*śə'û*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - lift up/raise", "*laššāmayim*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine dual - to the heavens", "*'ênêkem*": "common noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your eyes", "*wəhabbiṭû*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and look/observe", "*'el-hā'āreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - to the earth", "*mittaḥat*": "preposition + adverb - from beneath", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*šāmayim*": "common noun, masculine dual - heavens", "*ke'āšān*": "preposition + common noun, masculine singular - like smoke", "*nimləḥû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - will be dissolved/will vanish", "*wəhā'āreṣ*": "conjunction + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - and the earth", "*kabbeged*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, masculine singular - like the garment", "*tiblê*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will wear out", "*wəyošəbêhā*": "conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and its inhabitants", "*kəmô-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - likewise/in the same way", "*yəmûtûn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - will die", "*wîšû'ātî*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my salvation", "*lə'ôlām*": "preposition + common noun, masculine singular - forever", "*tihyê*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be", "*wəṣidqātî*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my righteousness", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*tēḥāt*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be dismayed/broken" }, "variants": { "*nimləḥû*": "will be dissolved/will vanish/will be dispersed", "*tiblê*": "will wear out/will decay/will deteriorate", "*yəmûtûn*": "will die/will perish", "*tēḥāt*": "will be dismayed/will be broken/will be shattered/will be abolished" } }