22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Isaiah 8:22:1 ⧉וְאֶל־אֶ֖רֶץveeleretsand to the earth Isaiah 8:22:2 ⧉יַבִּ֑יטyabithe will look Isaiah 8:22:3 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֨הvehineand behold Isaiah 8:22:4 ⧉צָרָ֧הtsaradistress Isaiah 8:22:5 ⧉וַחֲשֵׁכָ֛הvakhashekhaand darkness Isaiah 8:22:6 ⧉מְע֥וּףmeufgloom Isaiah 8:22:7 ⧉צוּקָ֖הtsukaanguish Isaiah 8:22:8 ⧉וַאֲפֵלָ֣הvaafelaand thick darkness Isaiah 8:22:9 ⧉מְנֻדָּֽח׃menudakhdriven away |
22. Formal Translation He will look toward the land and see distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and he will be driven away into deep darkness. |
22. Dynamic Translation He will look across the land but find only trouble and darkness, a blackness of anguish, and he will be thrust out into utter night. |