Isaiah

Isaiah 1:2

²Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,

for the LORD has spoken:

“I have raised children and brought them up,

but they have rebelled against Me.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Listen	שִׁמְע֤וּ	šim·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
O heavens	שָׁמַ֙יִם֙	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and give ear	וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי	wə·ha·’ă·zî·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H238 give ear, listen, hear
O earth	אֶ֔רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has spoken	דִּבֵּ֑ר	dib·bêr	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
I have raised	גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי	gid·dal·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H1431 grow up, become great
children	בָּנִים֙	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
and brought them up	וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי	wə·rō·w·mam·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
but they	וְהֵ֖ם	wə·hêm	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
have rebelled	פָּ֥שְׁעוּ	pā·šə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6586 rebel, transgress
against Me	בִֽי׃	ḇî	Preposition; first person common singular

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.