| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 48:5:1 ⧉וָאַגִּ֤ידvaagidand I declared Isaiah 48:5:2 ⧉לְךָ֙lekhato you Isaiah 48:5:3 ⧉מֵאָ֔זmeazfrom then or from of old Isaiah 48:5:4 ⧉בְּטֶ֥רֶםbeterembefore Isaiah 48:5:5 ⧉תָּב֖וֹאtavoit came or it would come Isaiah 48:5:6 ⧉הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָhishmaehtikhaI caused you to hear or I announced to you Isaiah 48:5:7 ⧉פֶּן־תֹּאמַר֙pentomarlest you say Isaiah 48:5:8 ⧉עָצְבִּ֣יatsevimy idol Isaiah 48:5:9 ⧉עָשָׂ֔םasamdid them or made them Isaiah 48:5:10 ⧉וּפִסְלִ֥יufisliand my carved image Isaiah 48:5:11 ⧉וְנִסְכִּ֖יveniskiand my metal image or my cast image Isaiah 48:5:12 ⧉צִוָּֽם׃tsivamcommanded them |
| 5. Formal Translation I declared it to you from long ago; before it came about, I made you hear of it, lest you say, “My idol made them, and my graven image and my molten image commanded them.” |
| 5. Dynamic Translation I told you about these events beforehand, so that you could not say, “My idol did this; my carved and cast images ordered them.” |