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לְמִ֥י תְדַמְי֖וּנִי וְתַשְׁו֑וּ וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי וְנִדְמֶֽה׃

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To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
    and compare me, as though we were alike?

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To whom can you compare and liken me?
Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

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“To whom will you compare me?
    Who is my equal?

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10 נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽעִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּכְאֵ֥ין עֵינַ֖יִם נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים׃

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10 We grope like the blind along a wall,
    groping like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
    among the vigorous[a] as though we were dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

10 We grope along the wall like the blind,
we grope like those who cannot see;[a]
we stumble at noontime as if it were evening.
Though others are strong, we are like dead men.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:10 tn Heb “like there are no eyes.”
  2. Isaiah 59:10 tn Heb among the strong, like dead men.”

10 We grope like the blind along a wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
Even at brightest noontime,
    we stumble as though it were dark.
Among the living,
    we are like the dead.

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19 הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא־מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לוּא־קָרַ֤עְתָּ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃

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19 We have long been like those whom you do not rule,
    like those not called by your name.

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19 We existed from ancient times,[a]
but you did not rule over them;
they were not your subjects.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:19 tn Heb “we were from antiquity” (see v. 16). The collocation of הָיָה, מִן, and עוֹלָם (hayah, min, and ʿolam) occurs only here.
  2. Isaiah 63:19 tn Heb “you did not rule them; your name was not called over them.” The expression “the name is called over” indicates ownership; see the note at 4:1. As these two lines stand, they are very difficult to interpret. They appear to be stating that the adversaries just mentioned in v. 18 have not been subject to the Lord’s rule in the past, perhaps explaining why they could commit the atrocity described in v. 18b.

19 Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
    as though we had never been known as your people.

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