OET interlinear ISA 9:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

עַל־כֵּ֨ן

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so

The word translated as Therefore indicates that what follows is a result of what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a result of what came before. Alternate translation: [As a result]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

בַּחוּרָ֜י⁠ו & יְתֹמָ֤י⁠ו & אַלְמְנֹתָי⁠ו֙

men_of,its_young & ones_of,its_fatherless & widows_of,its

The pronoun its refers to the people or nation of Israel. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the people’s young men … the people’s orphans … the people’s widows]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠כָל־פֶּ֖ה דֹּבֵ֣ר נְבָלָ֑ה

and=all mouth speaks folly

Isaiah is using every mouth to represent the people who are speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and every person is speaking foolishness]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כֻלּ⁠וֹ֙ חָנֵ֣ף וּ⁠מֵרַ֔ע

of_it_of,all godless and,doing_evil

Isaiah says all of it is godless and doing evil as an extreme statement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [nearly everyone is godless and doing evil]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

כֻלּ⁠וֹ֙ חָנֵ֣ף

of_it_of,all godless

The pronoun it refers to the people or nation of Israel. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [all of Israel is godless]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נְבָלָ֑ה

folly

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of foolishness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [foolish things]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔⁠וֹ

not turned_away anger_of,his

See how you translated the similar expression in 9:12.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠ע֖וֹד יָד֥⁠וֹ נְטוּיָֽה

and,still his/its=hand stretched_out

See how you translated the similar expression in 9:12.