1 Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold H2005 (הֵן) — lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- is not shortened H7114 (קָצַר) — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
- that it cannot save H3467 (יָשַׁע) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- neither his ear H241 (אֹזֶן) — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- heavy H3513 (כָּבַד) — to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses…
- that it cannot hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But your iniquities H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- have separated H914 (בָּדַל) — to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
- between H996 (בֵּין) — between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- you and your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- and your sins H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- have hid H5641 (סָתַר) — to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
- face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- from you, that he will not hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For your hands H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
- are defiled H1351 (גָּאַל) — to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
- with blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
- and your fingers H676 (אֶצְבַּע) — something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
- with iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- your lips H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- have spoken H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- lies H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
- your tongue H3956 (לָשׁוֹן) — the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of…
- hath muttered H1897 (הָגָה) — to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- perverseness H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- None calleth H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- for justice H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- pleadeth H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
- for truth H530 (אֱמוּנָה) — literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
- they trust H982 (בָּטַח) — properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
- in vanity H8414 (תֹּהוּ) — a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
- and speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- lies H7723 (שָׁוְא) — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also…
- they conceive H2029 (הָרָה) — to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- mischief H5999 (עָמָל) — toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
- and bring forth H3205 (יָלַד) — to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- iniquity H205 (אָוֶן) — strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
5 They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They hatch H1234 (בָּקַע) — to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- cockatrice’ H6848 (צֶפַע) — a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
- eggs H1000 (בֵּיצָה) — an egg (from its whiteness)
- and weave H707 (אָרַג) — to plait or weave
- the spider’s H5908 (עַכָּבִישׁ) — a spider (as weaving a network)
- web H6980 (קוּר) — (only plural) trenches, i.e. a web (as if so formed)
- he that eateth H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- of their eggs H1000 (בֵּיצָה) — an egg (from its whiteness)
- dieth H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- and that which is crushed H2116 (זוּרֶה) — trodden on
- breaketh out H1234 (בָּקַע) — to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- into a viper H660 (אֶפְעֶה) — an asp or other venomous serpent
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Their webs H6980 (קוּר) — (only plural) trenches, i.e. a web (as if so formed)
- shall not become garments H899 (בֶּגֶד) — a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
- neither shall they cover H3680 (כָּסָה) — properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
- themselves with their works H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- their works H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- works H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- of iniquity H205 (אָוֶן) — strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- and the act H6467 (פֹּעַל) — an act or work (concretely)
- of violence H2555 (חָמָס) — violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
- in their hands H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Their feet H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- run H7323 (רוּץ) — to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
- to evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- and they make haste H4116 (מָהַר) — properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
- to shed H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
- innocent H5355 (נָקִי) — innocent
- blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
- their thoughts H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה) — a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
- thoughts H4284 (מַחֲשָׁבָה) — a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
- of iniquity H205 (אָוֶן) — strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- wasting H7701 (שֹׁד) — violence, ravage
- and destruction H7667 (שֶׁבֶר) — a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
- in their paths H4546 (מְסִלָּה) — a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- of peace H7965 (שָׁלוֹם) — safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- they know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- no judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- in their goings H4570 (מַעְגָּל) — a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- they have made them crooked H6140 (עָקַשׁ) — to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- paths H5410 (נָתִיב) — a (beaten) track
- whosoever goeth H1869 (דָּרַךְ) — to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
- therein shall not know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- peace H7965 (שָׁלוֹם) — safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Therefore is judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- far H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- from us, neither doth justice H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- overtake H5381 (נָשַׂג) — to reach (literally or figuratively)
- us: we wait H6960 (קָוָה) — to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- for light H216 (אוֹר) — illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- but behold obscurity H2822 (חֹשֶׁךְ) — the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
- for brightness H5054 (נְגֹהָה) — splendor
- we walk H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- in darkness H653 (אֲפֵלָה) — duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment
10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- We grope H1659 (גָּשַׁשׁ) — to feel about
- for the wall H7023 (קִיר) — a wall (as built in a trench)
- like the blind H5787 (עִוֵּר) — blind (literally or figuratively)
- and we grope H1659 (גָּשַׁשׁ) — to feel about
- no eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- we stumble H3782 (כָּשַׁל) — to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
- at noonday H6672 (צֹהַר) — a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon
- as in the night H5399 (נֶשֶׁף) — properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
- in desolate H820 (אַשְׁמָן) — a fat field
- places as dead H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- We roar H1993 (הָמָה) — to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
- all like bears H1677 (דֹּב) — the bear (as slow)
- and mourn H1897 (הָגָה) — to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- sore H1897 (הָגָה) — to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- like doves H3123 (יוֹנָה) — a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
- we look H6960 (קָוָה) — to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- for judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- none; for salvation H3444 (יְשׁוּעָה) — something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- it is far off H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For our transgressions H6588 (פֶּשַׁע) — a revolt (national, moral or religious)
- are multiplied H7231 (רָבַב) — properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
- before thee, and our sins H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- testify H6030 (עָנָה) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, a…
- against us: for our transgressions H6588 (פֶּשַׁע) — a revolt (national, moral or religious)
- our iniquities H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- we know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
13 transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- In transgressing H6586 (פָּשַׁע) — to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
- and lying H3584 (כָּחַשׁ) — to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
- against Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- and departing away H5253 (נָסַג) — to retreat
- from H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- our God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- speaking H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- oppression H6233 (עֹשֶׁק) — injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
- and revolt H5627 (סָרָה) — apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission
- conceiving H2029 (הָרָה) — to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- and uttering H1897 (הָגָה) — to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
- from the heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- words H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- of falsehood H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- is turned away H5253 (נָסַג) — to retreat
- backward H268 (אָחוֹר) — the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
- and justice H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- standeth H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- afar off H7350 (רָחוֹק) — remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
- for truth H571 (אֶמֶת) — stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- is fallen H3782 (כָּשַׁל) — to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
- in the street H7339 (רְחֹב) — a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
- and equity H5229 (נְכֹחָה) — properly, straightforwardness, i.e. (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth
- cannot H3201 (יָכֹל) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- enter H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
15 Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yea, truth H571 (אֶמֶת) — stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- faileth H5737 (עֲדַר) — to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster and so to miss (or find wanting)
- departeth H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
- from evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- maketh himself a prey H7997 (שָׁלַל) — to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- and it displeased H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- and it displeased H3415 (יָרַע) — properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
- no judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And he saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- no man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- and wondered H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
- no intercessor H6293 (פָּגַע) — to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
- therefore his arm H2220 (זְרוֹעַ) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- brought salvation H3467 (יָשַׁע) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- unto him; and his righteousness H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- it sustained H5564 (סָמַךְ) — to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For he put on H3847 (לָבַשׁ) — properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
- righteousness H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- as a breastplate H8302 (שִׁרְיוֹן) — a corslet (as if twisted)
- and an helmet H3553 (כּוֹבַע) — a helmet (as arched)
- of salvation H3444 (יְשׁוּעָה) — something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- upon his head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- and he put on H3847 (לָבַשׁ) — properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
- the garments H899 (בֶּגֶד) — a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
- of vengeance H5359 (נָקָם) — revenge
- clothing H8516 (תַּלְבֹּשֶׁת) — a garment
- and was clad H5844 (עָטָה) — to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, clothe, or roll
- with zeal H7068 (קִנְאָה) — jealousy or envy
- as a cloke H4598 (מְעִיל) — a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- According to H5921 (עַל) — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- deeds H1578 (גְּמוּלָה) — meaning the same
- accordingly he will repay H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
- fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- to his adversaries H6862 (צַר) — narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
- recompence H1576 (גְּמוּל) — treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
- to his enemies H341 (אֹיֵב) — hating; an adversary
- to the islands H339 (אִי) — properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
- he will repay H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
19 So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- So shall they fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
- the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- from the west H4628 (מַעֲרָב) — the west (as a region of the evening sun)
- and his glory H3519 (כָּבוֹד) — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- from the rising H4217 (מִזְרָח) — sunrise, i.e. the east
- of the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- When the enemy H6862 (צַר) — narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
- shall come in H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- like a flood H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
- the Spirit H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- shall lift up a standard H5127 (נוּס) — to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
20 And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the Redeemer H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- to Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- and unto them that turn H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- from transgression H6588 (פֶּשַׁע) — a revolt (national, moral or religious)
- in Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- my covenant H1285 (בְּרִית) — a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- with them, saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- My spirit H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- upon thee, and my words H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- which I have put H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- in thy mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
- shall not depart H4185 (מוּשׁ) — to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive)
- out of thy mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
- nor out of the mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
- of thy seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- of thy seed’s H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- from henceforth and for H5704 (עַד) — as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- ever H5769 (עוֹלָם) — properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially…