Isaiah 48:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֣את בֵּֽית־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִמֵּ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יָצָ֑אוּ הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים ׀ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א בֶאֱמֶ֖ת וְלֹ֥א בִצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

Shimʿû-zōʾt bêt-yaʿăqōb hanniqrāʾîm in shēm yiśrāʾēl ûmimmê yehûdāh yāṣāʾû hannishbāʿîm in shēm YHWH ûbēʾlōhê yiśrāʾēl yazkîrû not in ʾemet and not in ṣedāqāh

Grammar Details

• *Shimʿû*: imperative plural - hear/listen
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative feminine singular - this
• *bêt*: construct state - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones being called
• *shēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ûmimmê*: conjunction wə + preposition min + construct form - and from waters of
• *yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yāṣāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they came out/went forth
• *hannishbāʿîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones swearing
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ûbēʾlōhê*: conjunction wə + preposition bə + construct form - and in/by God of
• *yazkîrû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person plural - they mention/invoke
• *ʾemet*: feminine singular - truth/faithfulness
• *ṣedāqāh*: feminine singular - righteousness

Word Meanings

• *Shimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: called/named/summoned
• *ûmimmê*: from waters of/from sources of/from lineage of
• *yāṣāʾû*: came forth/descended/originated
• *hannishbāʿîm*: who swear/take oaths/make pledges
• *yazkîrû*: mention/invoke/proclaim/commemorate
• *ʾemet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *ṣedāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightful conduct

Referenced Verses

• Ps 68:26 : 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Deut 33:28 : 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
• Num 24:7 : 7 Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
• Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isa 65:16 : 16 so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
• Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
• Isa 62:8 : 8 Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners {H1121} shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:
• Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
• Deut 5:28 : 28 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
• Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Gen 35:10 : 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
• Lev 19:12 : 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
• 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
• Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee? 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
• Prov 5:16 : 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
• Isa 1:10-14 : 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,— I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isa 26:13 : 13 [O Jehovah] [our God,] [other lords] [besides] [thee have had dominion] [over us; but by thee only will we make mention] [of thy name.]
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known, 10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Matt 15:8-9 : 8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
• John 4:24 : 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Rom 2:17 : 17 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,
• Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is one {G1722} outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one {G1722} inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Rom 9:6 : 6 But [it is] not as though {G3754} the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all {G1537} Israel, that {G3778} are of Israel:
• Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
• 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
• 2 Tim 3:2-5 : 2 For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I know thy {G2041} {G2532} tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.