Isaiah

Isaiah 42:13–16

¹³The LORD goes forth like a mighty one;

He stirs up His zeal like a warrior.

He shouts; yes, He roars

in triumph over His enemies:

¹⁴“I have kept silent from ages past;

I have remained quiet and restrained.

But now I will groan like a woman in labor;

I will at once gasp and pant.

¹⁵I will lay waste the mountains and hills

and dry up all their vegetation.

I will turn the rivers into dry land^d

and drain the marshes.

¹⁶I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;

I will guide them on unfamiliar paths.

I will turn darkness into light before them

and rough places into level ground.

These things I will do for them,

and I will not forsake them.

Footnotes

d 42:15 Or coastlands or islands

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Isaiah 42:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
goes forth	יֵצֵ֔א	yê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
like a mighty one	כַּגִּבּ֣וֹר	kag·gib·bō·wr	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1368 strong, mighty
He stirs up	יָעִ֣יר	yā·‘îr	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
His zeal	קִנְאָ֑ה	qin·’āh	Noun - feminine singular	H7068 ardour, zeal, jealousy
like a warrior	כְּאִ֥ישׁ	kə·’îš	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
He shouts	יָרִ֙יעַ֙	yā·rî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7321 raise a shout
yes	אַף־	’ap̄-	Conjunction	H637 also, yea
He roars	יַצְרִ֔יחַ	yaṣ·rî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6873 cry, roar
in triumph	יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ס	yiṯ·gab·bār	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1396 be strong, mighty
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
His enemies	אֹיְבָ֖יו	’ō·yə·ḇāw	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to

Isaiah 42:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have kept silent	הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙	he·ḥĕ·šê·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H2814 be silent, inactive, still
from ages past	מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם	mê·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
I have remained quiet	אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ	’a·ḥă·rîš	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
and restrained	אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק	’eṯ·’ap·pāq	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular	H662 hold, be strong
But now I will groan	אֶפְעֶ֔ה	’ep̄·‘eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6463 groan
like a woman in labor	כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה	kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
I will at once	יָֽחַד׃	yā·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
gasp	אֶשֹּׁ֥ם	’eš·šōm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5395 pant
and pant	וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף	wə·’eš·’ap̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H7602 gasp, pant, pant after, long for

Isaiah 42:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will lay waste	אַחֲרִ֤יב	’a·ḥă·rîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2717 be dry, dried up
the mountains	הָרִים֙	hā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and hills	וּגְבָע֔וֹת	ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
and dry up	אוֹבִ֑ישׁ	’ō·w·ḇîš	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
their vegetation	עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם	‘eś·bām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6212 herb, herbage
I will turn	וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י	wə·śam·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
the rivers	נְהָרוֹת֙	nə·hā·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H5104 stream, river
into dry land	לָֽאִיִּ֔ים	lā·’î·yîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H339 coast, region
and drain	אוֹבִֽישׁ׃	’ō·w·ḇîš	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
the marshes	וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים	wa·’ă·ḡam·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H98 troubled pool

Isaiah 42:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will lead	וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣י	wə·hō·w·laḵ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
the blind	עִוְרִ֗ים	‘iw·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H5787 blind
by a way	בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙	bə·ḏe·reḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
they did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדָ֔עוּ	yā·ḏā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
I will guide them	אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם	’aḏ·rî·ḵêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H1869 tread, march
on unfamiliar	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
paths	בִּנְתִיב֥וֹת	bin·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H5410 path, pathway
I will turn	אָשִׂים֩	’ā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
darkness	מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ	maḥ·šāḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4285 dark place
into light	לָא֗וֹר	lā·’ō·wr	Preposition, Article; Noun - common singular	H216 light
before them	לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם	lip̄·nê·hem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
and rough places	וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙	ū·ma·‘ă·qaš·šîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H4625 twisted, crooked place
into level ground	לְמִישׁ֔וֹר	lə·mî·šō·wr	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4334 level place, uprightness
These	אֵ֚לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
things	הַדְּבָרִ֔ים	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
I will do for them	עֲשִׂיתִ֖ם	‘ă·śî·ṯim	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
and I will not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
forsake them	עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃	‘ă·zaḇ·tîm	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose