Isaiah

Isaiah 41:21–26

²¹“Present your case,” says the LORD.

“Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

²²“Let them come and tell us what will happen.

Tell the former things,

so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome.

Or announce to us what is coming.

²³Tell us the things that are to come,

so that we may know that you are gods.

Yes, do something good or evil,

that we may look on together in dismay.

²⁴Behold, you are nothing

and your work is of no value.

Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

²⁵I have raised up one from the north, and he has come —

one from the east who calls on My name.

He will march over rulers as if they were mortar,

like a potter who treads the clay.

²⁶Who has declared this from the beginning,

so that we may know,

and from times past,

so that we may say: ‘He was right’?

No one announced it, no one foretold it,

no one heard your words.

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Isaiah 41:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Present	קָרְב֥וּ	qā·rə·ḇū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H7126 come near, approach
your case	רִֽיבְכֶ֖ם	rî·ḇə·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H7379 strife, dispute
says	יֹאמַ֣ר	yō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Submit	הַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙	hag·gî·šū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5066 draw near, approach
your arguments	עֲצֻמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם	‘ă·ṣu·mō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6110 defence
says	יֹאמַ֖ר	yō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the King	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Jacob	יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob

Isaiah 41:22

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let them come	יַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙	yag·gî·šū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5066 draw near, approach
and tell	וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ	wə·yag·gî·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5046 be conspicuous
us	לָ֔נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
what	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
will happen	תִּקְרֶ֑ינָה	tiq·re·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H7136 encounter, meet, befall
Tell	הַגִּ֜ידוּ	hag·gî·ḏū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5046 be conspicuous
the former things	הָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת׀	hā·ri·šō·nō·wṯ	Article; Adjective - feminine plural	H7223 former, first, chief
so that we may reflect on	וְנָשִׂ֤ימָה	wə·nā·śî·māh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H7760 put, place, set
them	לִבֵּ֙נוּ֙	lib·bê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and know	וְנֵדְעָ֣ה	wə·nê·ḏə·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3045 know
the outcome	אַחֲרִיתָ֔ן	’a·ḥă·rî·ṯān	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine plural	H319 after-part, end
Or	א֥וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
announce to us	הַשְׁמִיעֻֽנוּ׃	haš·mî·‘u·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common plural	H8085 hear
what is coming	הַבָּא֖וֹת	hab·bā·’ō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go

Isaiah 41:23

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Tell us	הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙	hag·gî·ḏū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5046 be conspicuous
the things	הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת	hā·’ō·ṯî·yō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H857 come
that are to come	לְאָח֔וֹר	lə·’ā·ḥō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H268 the hinder side, back part
so that we may know	וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה	wə·nê·ḏə·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3045 know
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you	אַתֶּ֑ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are gods	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
Yes	אַף־	’ap̄-	Conjunction	H637 also, yea
do something good	תֵּיטִ֣יבוּ	tê·ṭî·ḇū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing
or evil	וְתָרֵ֔עוּ	wə·ṯā·rê·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
that we may look on together in dismay	וְנִשְׁתָּ֖עָה	wə·niš·tā·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H8159 gaze

Isaiah 41:24

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Behold	הֵן־	hên-	Interjection	H2005 lo! behold
you	אַתֶּ֣ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are nothing	מֵאַ֔יִן	mê·’a·yin	Preposition-m; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
and your work	וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם	ū·p̄ā·‘ā·lə·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H6467 doing, deed, work
is of no value	מֵאָ֑פַע	mê·’ā·p̄a‘	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H659 breath, nothing
Anyone who chooses	יִבְחַ֥ר	yiḇ·ḥar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H977 choose
you	בָּכֶֽם׃	bā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
is detestable	תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה	tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8441 abomination

Isaiah 41:25

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have raised up	הַעִיר֤וֹתִי	ha·‘î·rō·w·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
from the north	מִצָּפוֹן֙	miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H6828 north
and he has come	וַיַּ֔את	way·yaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H857 come
one from the east	מִמִּזְרַח־	mim·miz·raḥ-	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4217 place of sunrise, east
who calls on	יִקְרָ֣א	yiq·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
My name	בִשְׁמִ֑י	ḇiš·mî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H8034 name
He will march over	וְיָבֹ֤א	wə·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
rulers	סְגָנִים֙	sə·ḡā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5461 prefect, ruler
as if	כְּמוֹ־	kə·mōw-	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
they were mortar	חֹ֔מֶר	ḥō·mer	Noun - masculine singular	H2563 cement, mortar, clay
like	וּכְמ֥וֹ	ū·ḵə·mōw	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
a potter	יוֹצֵ֖ר	yō·w·ṣêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3335 form, fashion
who treads	יִרְמָס־	yir·mās-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7429 trample
the clay	טִֽיט׃	ṭîṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H2916 mud, mire, clay

Isaiah 41:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
has declared	הִגִּ֤יד	hig·gîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
from the beginning	מֵרֹאשׁ֙	mê·rōš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7218 head
so that we may know	וְנֵדָ֔עָה	wə·nê·ḏā·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3045 know
and from times past	וּמִלְּפָנִ֖ים	ū·mil·lə·p̄ā·nîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H6440 face, before
so that we may say	וְנֹאמַ֣ר	wə·nō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H559 utter, say
He was right	צַדִּ֑יק	ṣad·dîq	Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
No	אֵין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one announced it	מַגִּ֗יד	mag·gîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
no one	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
foretold it	מַשְׁמִ֔יעַ	maš·mî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H8085 hear
no	אֵין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one heard	שֹׁמֵ֖עַ	šō·mê·a‘	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8085 hear
your words	אִמְרֵיכֶֽם׃	’im·rê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H561 something said