Isaiah
Isaiah 54:11–12
11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms,
without solace,
surely I will set your stones in antimony
and lay your foundations with sapphires.d
12I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
Footnotes
- d 54:11 Or lapis lazuli
Word by word
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Isaiah 54:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O afflicted city | עֲנִיָּ֥ה | ‘ă·nî·yāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek |
| lashed by storms | סֹעֲרָ֖ה | sō·‘ă·rāh | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5590 storm, rage |
| without | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| solace | נֻחָ֑מָה | nu·ḥā·māh | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5162 be sorry, console |
| surely | הִנֵּ֨ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| I | אָנֹכִ֜י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| will set | מַרְבִּ֤יץ | mar·bîṣ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H7257 stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out |
| your stones | אֲבָנַ֔יִךְ | ’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H68 stone |
| in antimony | בַּפּוּךְ֙ | bap·pūḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6320 antimony, stibium |
| and lay your foundations | וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְ | wî·saḏ·tîḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; second person feminine singular | H3245 establish, found, fix |
| with sapphires | בַּסַּפִּירִֽים׃ | bas·sap·pî·rîm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5601 sapphire |
Isaiah 54:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will make | וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י | wə·śam·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| your pinnacles | שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ | šim·šō·ṯa·yiḵ | Noun - common plural construct; second person feminine singular | H8121 sun |
| of rubies | כַּֽדְכֹד֙ | kaḏ·ḵōḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H3539 ruby |
| your gates | וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ | ū·šə·‘ā·ra·yiḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H8179 gate |
| of sparkling | אֶקְדָּ֑ח | ’eq·dāḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H688 fiery glow, sparkle |
| jewels | לְאַבְנֵ֣י | lə·’aḇ·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct | H68 stone |
| and all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your walls | גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְ | gə·ḇū·lêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1366 border, boundary, territory |
| of precious | חֵֽפֶץ׃ | ḥê·p̄eṣ | Noun - masculine singular | H2656 delight, pleasure |
| stones | לְאַבְנֵי־ | lə·’aḇ·nê- | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct | H68 stone |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 54:11 1 Peter 2:4–6 · Acts 14:22 · Jeremiah 30:17 · Isaiah 54:6 · 1 Chronicles 29:2 · Psalm 34:19 · Revelation 21:18–21 · Exodus 2:23 · Isaiah 28:16 · Isaiah 51:21 · Lamentations 1:1–2 · Isaiah 49:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.