Isaiah 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה עַמְּךָ֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֤י מָלְאוּ֙ מִקֶּ֔דֶם וְעֹֽנְנִ֖ים כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י נָכְרִ֖ים יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃

Transliteration

For nāṭaštâ ʿamməkā bêt Yaʿăqōb, for mālʾû from-qedem and-ʿōnenîm like-the-Pəlištîm, and-in-yaldê nōkrîm yaśpîqû.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nāṭaštâ*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have forsaken/abandoned
*ʿamməkā*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
*mālʾû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are full/filled
*mi-qedem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from the east
*wə-ʿōnenîm*: conjunction + verb, poel participle, masculine plural - and soothsayers/diviners
*ka-Pəlištîm*: preposition + proper noun, masculine plural - like the Philistines
*û-bə-yaldê*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - and with the children of
*nōkrîm*: adjective, masculine plural - foreigners/strangers
*yaśpîqû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they strike hands/join/ally themselves

Word Meanings

*nāṭaštâ*: you have forsaken/abandoned/rejected/cast off
*mālʾû*: they are full of/filled with
*qedem*: east/ancient times/former things
*ʿōnenîm*: soothsayers/diviners/fortune-tellers/those practicing magic
*yaldê nōkrîm*: children of foreigners/foreign customs
*yaśpîqû*: they strike hands with/join/ally themselves/abound in

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2 Kgs 1:2 : 2 And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
Rom 11:20 : 20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
2 Kgs 16:7-8 : 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],
2 Chr 15:2 : 2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chr 24:20 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
Neh 13:23 : 23 In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
Ps 106:35 : 35 But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
Prov 6:1 : 1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Isa 8:19 : 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead?
Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
Jer 10:2 : 2 thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Lam 5:20 : 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Rom 11:1-2 : 1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
Exod 22:18 : 18 Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
Exod 34:16 : 16 and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.
Lev 19:31 : 31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 20:6 : 6 And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
Num 25:1-2 : 1 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab: 2 for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Deut 18:10-14 : 10 There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. 14 For these nations, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
Deut 21:11-13 : 11 and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; 12 then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
Deut 31:16-17 : 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
1 Kgs 11:1-2 : 1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; 2 of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

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