Isaiah

Isaiah 57:11

¹¹Whom have you dreaded and feared,

so that you lied and failed

to remember Me or take this to heart?

Is it not because I have long been silent

that you do not fear Me?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Whom	מִ֞י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
have you dreaded	דָּאַ֤גְתְּ	dā·’aḡt	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H1672 be anxious, concerned, fear
and feared	וַתִּֽירְאִי֙	wat·tî·rə·’î	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3372 fear
so that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you lied	תְכַזֵּ֔בִי	ṯə·ḵaz·zê·ḇî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3576 lie, be a liar
and	וְאוֹתִי֙	wə·’ō·w·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker; first person common singular	H853 mark of the accusative
failed	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to remember Me	זָכַ֔רְתְּ	zā·ḵart	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H2142 remember
take this	שַׂ֖מְתְּ	śamt	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H7760 put, place, set
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
heart	לִבֵּ֑ךְ	lib·bêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
Is it not	הֲלֹ֨א	hă·lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
I	אֲנִ֤י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
long	וּמֵ֣עֹלָ֔ם	ū·mê·‘ō·lām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
been silent	מַחְשֶׁה֙	maḥ·šeh	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H2814 be silent, inactive, still
that	וְאוֹתִ֖י	wə·’ō·w·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker; first person common singular	H853 mark of the accusative
you do not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
fear Me	תִירָֽאִי׃	ṯî·rā·’î	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3372 fear

Cross-references

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

Isaiah 51:12–13 · Proverbs 29:25 · Psalm 50:21 · Jeremiah 3:21 · Isaiah 59:3–4 · Isaiah 26:10 · Isaiah 30:9 · Jeremiah 2:32 · Jeremiah 9:3–5 · Ecclesiastes 8:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.