| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 25:2:1 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor Isaiah 25:2:2 ⧉שַׂ֤מְתָּsamtayou placed or made Isaiah 25:2:3 ⧉מֵעִיר֙meirfrom a city Isaiah 25:2:4 ⧉לַגָּ֔לlagalinto a heap Isaiah 25:2:5 ⧉קִרְיָ֥הkiryaa town Isaiah 25:2:6 ⧉בְצוּרָ֖הvetsurafortified Isaiah 25:2:7 ⧉לְמַפֵּלָ֑הlemapelainto a ruin Isaiah 25:2:8 ⧉אַרְמ֤וֹןarmona palace Isaiah 25:2:9 ⧉זָרִים֙zarimof foreigners Isaiah 25:2:10 ⧉מֵעִ֔ירmeirfrom a city Isaiah 25:2:11 ⧉לְעוֹלָ֖םleolamfor ever Isaiah 25:2:12 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot Isaiah 25:2:13 ⧉יִבָּנֶֽה׃yibaneit will be built |
| 2. Formal Translation For You {Yahweh, Sovereign Judge} have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin; the palace of strangers is no city—it will never be built again. |
| 2. Dynamic Translation Because You {Yahweh, Divine Destroyer} have turned a city into rubble, a fortified city into ruin; the foreigners’ palace is a city no longer—it will never be rebuilt. |