Isaiah 30:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי כֹה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשׁוּבָה וָנַחַת תִּוָּשֵׁעוּן בְּהַשְׁקֵט וּבְבִטְחָה תִּהְיֶה גְּבוּרַתְכֶם וְלֹא אֲבִיתֶם׃

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar ʾădōnāy Yhwh, [the] qedôš of Yiśrāʾēl: In šûbâ and nāḥat you shall be tiwwāšēʿûn; in hašqēṭ and in biṭḥâ shall tihyeh your gebûratkem. But you did not ʾăbîtem.

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he said
*ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord/Master
*Yhwh*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*qedôš*: masculine singular adjective construct - holy one of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*šûbâ*: qal infinitive construct - returning/repenting
*nāḥat*: feminine singular noun - quietness/rest
*tiwwāšēʿûn*: niphal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will be saved
*hašqēṭ*: hiphil infinitive construct - being quiet/at ease
*biṭḥâ*: feminine singular noun - trust/confidence
*tihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*gebûratkem*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your strength
*ʾăbîtem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you were willing

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: he said/spoke/declared
*ʾădōnāy*: Lord/Master (divine title)
*qedôš*: holy one/sacred one
*Yiśrāʾēl*: Israel (proper name)
*šûbâ*: returning/repenting/turning back
*nāḥat*: quietness/rest/calm
*tiwwāšēʿûn*: you will be saved/delivered/rescued
*hašqēṭ*: being quiet/at ease/resting
*biṭḥâ*: trust/confidence/security
*tihyeh*: it will be/become/happen
*gebûratkem*: your strength/might/power
*ʾăbîtem*: you were willing/desired/consented

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Referenced Verses

Isa 32:17 : 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.
Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
Isa 7:4 : 4 and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
2 Chr 16:8 : 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.
John 5:40 : 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Jer 3:22-23 : 22 Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God. 23 Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jer 23:36 : 36 And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.
Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Hos 14:1-3 : 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips. 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Matt 22:3 : 3 and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.
2 Chr 32:8 : 8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Ps 80:11-13 : 11 It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. 12 Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? 13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
Isa 30:7 : 7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.
Isa 30:11 : 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

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