Isaiah 18:4
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For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
In other translations
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588כֹהkhohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֵלַי'elaito meH413אֶשְׁקֳטָה'eshkotahI will remain quietH8252וְאַבִּיטָהve'abitahand I will pay attentionH5027בִמְכוֹנִיvimkhoniin place myH4349כְּחֹםkechomlike heatH2527צַחtzachdazzlingH6703עֲלֵי־'alei-withH5921אוֹר'orlightH216כְּעָבke'avlike a cloud ofH5645טַלtaldewH2919בְּחֹםbechomin [the] heat ofH2527קָצִיר׃katzirharvestH7105
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