“Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.”
Isaiah 59:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Isaiah 59:915 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֗ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
רָחַ֤קrāḥaq
it is farverbH7368
be · cast · drive · get ···
מִשְׁפָּט֙mišəpāṭ
justicenounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
from uspronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַשִּׂיגֵ֖/נוּtaśiygēnw
it reaches usverbH5381
be able · attain · (be able to · can) get ···
צְדָקָ֑הṣədāqāh
righteousnessnounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
נְקַוֶּ֤הnəqaweh
we wait eagerlyverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
לָ/אוֹר֙lāʾwōr
for the lightpronH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
וְ/הִנֵּהwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
חֹ֔שֶׁךְḥōšekə
darknessnounH2822
night · obscurity
לִ/נְגֹה֖וֹתlinəgōhwōt
for gleams of lightpronH5054
בָּ/אֲפֵל֥וֹתbāʾăpēlwōt
in gloompronH653
darkness · gloominess · thick
נְהַלֵּֽךְnəhalēkə
we walkverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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