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

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
your ruinedחָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵNoun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singularH2723 waste, desolation, ruin
and desolate placesוְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְwə·šō·mə·mō·ṯa·yiḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singularH8074 be desoleted, appalled
and your ravaged landוְאֶ֖רֶץwə·’e·reṣConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
will nowעַתָּה֙‘at·tāhAdverbH6258 now
indeedכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
be too smallתֵּצְרִ֣יtê·ṣə·rîVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singularH3334 press, be narrow, be in distress
for your peopleמִיּוֹשֵׁ֔בmî·yō·wō·šêḇPreposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell
and those who devoured youמְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃mə·ḇal·lə·‘ā·yiḵVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singularH1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
will be far awayוְרָחֲק֖וּwə·rā·ḥă·qūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH7368 be, or become, far, distant

Isaiah 49:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Yetע֚וֹד‘ō·wḏAdverbH5750 a going round, continuance
the childrenבְּנֵ֖יbə·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of your bereavementשִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְšik·ku·lā·yiḵNoun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singularH7923 bereavement, childlessness
will sayיֹאמְר֣וּyō·mə·rūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH559 utter, say
in your hearingבְאָזְנַ֔יִךְḇə·’ā·zə·na·yiḵPreposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person feminine singularH241 ear
This placeהַמָּק֖וֹםham·mā·qō·wmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4725 standing, spot, condition
is too small for usצַר־ṣar-Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH6862 narrow, tight
make roomגְּשָׁה־gə·šāh-Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH5066 draw near, approach
for usלִּ֥יlîPreposition; first person common singular
to live hereוְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃wə·’ê·šê·ḇāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH3427 sit, remain, dwell

Isaiah 49:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then you will sayוְאָמַ֣רְתְּwə·’ā·martConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singularH559 utter, say
in your heartבִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְbil·ḇā·ḇêḵPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
Whoמִ֤יmîInterrogativeH4310 who?
has begottenיָֽלַד־yā·laḏ-Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH3205 bear, bring forth, beget
theseאֵ֔לֶּה’êl·lehPronoun - common pluralH428 these
for meלִי֙lîPreposition; first person common singular
Iוַאֲנִ֥יwa·’ă·nîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singularH589 I
was bereavedשְׁכוּלָ֖הšə·ḵū·lāhAdjective - feminine singularH7909 bereaved, robbed of offspring
and barrenוְגַלְמוּדָ֑הwə·ḡal·mū·ḏāhConjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singularH1565 hard, barren
I was exiledגֹּלָ֣ה׀gō·lāhVerb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularH1540 uncover, remove
and rejectedוְסוּרָ֗הwə·sū·rāhConjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singularH5494 turn aside
So whoמִ֣יmîInterrogativeH4310 who?
has reared themגִדֵּ֔לḡid·dêlVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1431 grow up, become great
Lookהֵ֤ןhênInterjectionH2005 lo! behold
Iאֲנִי֙’ă·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
was leftנִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּיniš·’ar·tîVerb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singularH7604 remain, be left over
all aloneלְבַדִּ֔יlə·ḇad·dîPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH905 separation
soאֵ֖לֶּה’êl·lehPronoun - common pluralH428 these
whereאֵיפֹ֥ה’ê·p̄ōhInterrogativeH375 where?
did they come fromהֵֽם׃פhêmPronoun - third person masculine pluralH1992 they, them

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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.