Isaiah

Isaiah 45:19

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret,

from a place in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,

‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’

I, the LORD, speak the truth;

I say what is right.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have not	לֹ֧א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
spoken	דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי	dib·bar·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
in secret	בַסֵּ֣תֶר	ḇas·sê·ṯer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy
from a place	בִּמְקוֹם֙	bim·qō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4725 standing, spot, condition
in a land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of darkness	חֹ֔שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
I did not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
say	אָמַ֛רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
to the descendants	לְזֶ֥רַע	lə·ze·ra‘	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
of Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
Seek Me	בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִי	ḇaq·qə·šū·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common singular	H1245 seek
in a wasteland	תֹּ֣הוּ	tō·hū	Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
I	אֲנִ֤י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
speak	דֹּבֵ֣ר	dō·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1696 speak
the truth	צֶ֔דֶק	ṣe·ḏeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
I say	מַגִּ֖יד	mag·gîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
what is right	מֵישָׁרִֽים׃	mê·šā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4339 evenness, uprightness, equity

Cross-references

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

Isaiah 48:16 · Amos 5:4 · Numbers 23:19–20 · Jeremiah 29:13–14 · Proverbs 30:5 · John 18:20 · Psalm 9:10 · Psalm 111:7–8 · Psalm 69:32 · Malachi 3:13–14 · Proverbs 15:8 · James 4:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.