בְכָ֑סֶף as silver ; ḇə·ḵā·sep̄ בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ I have tested bə·ḥar·tî·ḵā בְּכ֥וּר you in the furnace bə·ḵūr עֹֽנִי׃ of affliction . ‘ō·nî Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִ֧י For My own sake , lə·ma·‘ă·nî לְמַעֲנִ֛י My very own sake , lə·ma·‘ă·nî אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה I will act ; ’e·‘ĕ·śeh כִּ֣י for kî אֵ֣יךְ how ’êḵ יֵחָ֑ל can I let Myself be defamed ? yê·ḥāl לֹֽא־ I will not lō- אֶתֵּֽן׃ס yield ’et·tên וּכְבוֹדִ֖י My glory ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî לְאַחֵ֥ר to another . lə·’a·ḥêr Isaiah 48:12 שְׁמַ֤ע Listen šə·ma‘ אֵלַי֙ to Me , ’ê·lay יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב O Jacob , ya·‘ă·qōḇ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל and Israel , wə·yiś·rā·’êl מְקֹרָאִ֑י whom I have called : mə·qō·rā·’î אֲנִי־ I ’ă·nî- הוּא֙ am He ; hū אֲנִ֣י I ’ă·nî רִאשׁ֔וֹן am the first , ri·šō·wn אֲנִ֥י and I am ’ă·nî אַ֖ף . . . ’ap̄ אַחֲרֽוֹן׃ the last . ’a·ḥă·rō·wn Isaiah 48:13 אַף־ Surely ’ap̄- יָדִי֙ My own hand yā·ḏî יָ֣סְדָה founded yā·sə·ḏāh אֶ֔רֶץ the earth , ’e·reṣ וִֽימִינִ֖י and My right hand wî·mî·nî טִפְּחָ֣ה spread out ṭip·pə·ḥāh שָׁמָ֑יִם the heavens ; šā·mā·yim אֲנִ֛י when I ’ă·nî אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם . . . ’ă·lê·hem קֹרֵ֥א summon them , qō·rê יַעַמְד֥וּ they stand up ya·‘am·ḏū יַחְדָּֽו׃ together . yaḥ·dāw Isaiah 48:14 הִקָּבְצ֤וּ Come together , hiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū כֻלְּכֶם֙ all of you , ḵul·lə·ḵem וּֽשֲׁמָ֔עוּ and listen : ū·šă·mā·‘ū מִ֥י Which mî בָהֶ֖ם [of the idols] ḇā·hem הִגִּ֣יד has foretold hig·gîḏ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אֵ֑לֶּה these things ? ’êl·leh יְהוָ֣ה YHWH’s Yah·weh אֲהֵב֔וֹ chosen ally ’ă·hê·ḇōw יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה will carry out ya·‘ă·śeh חֶפְצוֹ֙ His desire ḥep̄·ṣōw בְּבָבֶ֔ל against Babylon , bə·ḇā·ḇel וּזְרֹע֖וֹ and His arm ū·zə·rō·‘ōw כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ will be against the Chaldeans . kaś·dîm Isaiah 48:15 אֲנִ֥י I , ’ă·nî אֲנִ֛י even I , ’ă·nî דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי have spoken ; dib·bar·tî אַף־ yes , ’ap̄- קְרָאתִ֑יו I have called him . qə·rā·ṯîw הֲבִיאֹתִ֖יו I have brought him , hă·ḇî·’ō·ṯîw וְהִצְלִ֥יחַ and he will succeed wə·hiṣ·lî·aḥ דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ in his mission . dar·kōw Isaiah 48:16 קִרְב֧וּ Come near qir·ḇū אֵלַ֣י to Me ’ê·lay שִׁמְעוּ־ and listen šim·‘ū- זֹ֗את to this : zōṯ מֵרֹאשׁ֙ From the beginning mê·rōš לֹ֤א I have not lō דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי spoken dib·bar·tî בַּסֵּ֣תֶר in secret ; bas·sê·ṯer מֵעֵ֥ת from the time mê·‘êṯ הֱיוֹתָ֖הּ it happened , hĕ·yō·w·ṯāh אָ֑נִי I ’ā·nî שָׁ֣ם was there . ” šām וְעַתָּ֗ה And now wə·‘at·tāh אֲדֹנָ֧י the Lord ’ă·ḏō·nāy יְהוִ֛ה YHWH Yah·weh שְׁלָחַ֖נִי has sent me , šə·lā·ḥa·nî וְרוּחֽוֹ׃פ accompanied by His Spirit . wə·rū·ḥōw Isaiah 48:17 כֹּֽה־ Thus kōh-

