Isaiah 13:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Behold-me mēʿîr against-them ʾeṯ-Māḏāy who-kesep̄ not yaḥšōḇû wə-zāhāḇ not yaḥpəṣû-in-it

Grammar Details

• *hinənî*: interjection + 1st singular pronoun - behold me
• *mēʿîr*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - arousing/stirring up
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - against them
• *ʾeṯ-māḏāy*: direct object marker + proper noun - the Medes
• *ʾăšer-kesep̄*: relative pronoun + noun, masculine, singular - who silver
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaḥšōḇû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they regard/esteem
• *wəzāhāḇ*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and gold
• *yaḥpəṣû-ḇô*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they delight in it

Word Meanings

• *mēʿîr*: arousing/stirring up/awakening
• *yaḥšōḇû*: they regard/esteem/value/consider
• *yaḥpəṣû*: they delight in/desire/take pleasure in

Referenced Verses

• Prov 6:34-35 : 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
• Jer 51:11 : 11 Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
• Isa 41:25 : 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
• Jer 50:9 : 9 For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
• Isa 13:3-5 : 3 I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
• Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm. 28 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.
• Dan 5:28-31 : 28 PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.