Isaiah
Isaiah 49:19–21
19For your ruined and desolate places
and your ravaged land
will now indeed be too small for your people,
and those who devoured you will be far away.
20Yet the children of your bereavement
will say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
make room for us to live here.’
21Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me?
I was bereaved and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.
So who has reared them?
Look, I was left all alone,
so where did they come from?’”
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Isaiah 49:19
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your ruined | חָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ | ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H2723 waste, desolation, ruin |
| and desolate places | וְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְ | wə·šō·mə·mō·ṯa·yiḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H8074 be desoleted, appalled |
| and your ravaged land | וְאֶ֖רֶץ | wə·’e·reṣ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| will now | עַתָּה֙ | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| indeed | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| be too small | תֵּצְרִ֣י | tê·ṣə·rî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H3334 press, be narrow, be in distress |
| for your people | מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔ב | mî·yō·wō·šêḇ | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| and those who devoured you | מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃ | mə·ḇal·lə·‘ā·yiḵ | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
| will be far away | וְרָחֲק֖וּ | wə·rā·ḥă·qū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7368 be, or become, far, distant |
Isaiah 49:20
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet | ע֚וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| the children | בְּנֵ֖י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| of your bereavement | שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְ | šik·ku·lā·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H7923 bereavement, childlessness |
| will say | יֹאמְר֣וּ | yō·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| in your hearing | בְאָזְנַ֔יִךְ | ḇə·’ā·zə·na·yiḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person feminine singular | H241 ear |
| This place | הַמָּק֖וֹם | ham·mā·qō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
| is too small for us | צַר־ | ṣar- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6862 narrow, tight |
| make room | גְּשָׁה־ | gə·šāh- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H5066 draw near, approach |
| for us | לִּ֥י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| to live here | וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ | wə·’ê·šê·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
Isaiah 49:21
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then you will say | וְאָמַ֣רְתְּ | wə·’ā·mart | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| in your heart | בִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְ | bil·ḇā·ḇêḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| Who | מִ֤י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has begotten | יָֽלַד־ | yā·laḏ- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| these | אֵ֔לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| for me | לִי֙ | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| I | וַאֲנִ֥י | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| was bereaved | שְׁכוּלָ֖ה | šə·ḵū·lāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7909 bereaved, robbed of offspring |
| and barren | וְגַלְמוּדָ֑ה | wə·ḡal·mū·ḏāh | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular | H1565 hard, barren |
| I was exiled | גֹּלָ֣ה׀ | gō·lāh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H1540 uncover, remove |
| and rejected | וְסוּרָ֗ה | wə·sū·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular | H5494 turn aside |
| So who | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has reared them | גִדֵּ֔ל | ḡid·dêl | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1431 grow up, become great |
| Look | הֵ֤ן | hên | Interjection | H2005 lo! behold |
| I | אֲנִי֙ | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| was left | נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי | niš·’ar·tî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7604 remain, be left over |
| all alone | לְבַדִּ֔י | lə·ḇad·dî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H905 separation |
| so | אֵ֖לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| where | אֵיפֹ֥ה | ’ê·p̄ōh | Interrogative | H375 where? |
| did they come from | הֵֽם׃פ | hêm | Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
Cross-references
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Isaiah 49:19 Zechariah 10:10 · Isaiah 54:1–2 · Jeremiah 30:18–19 · Hosea 1:10–11 · Psalm 56:1–2 · Isaiah 51:3 · Isaiah 49:25–26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.