Isaiah 54:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּשֶׁ֣צֶף קֶ֗צֶף הִסְתַּ֨רְתִּי פָנַ֥י רֶ֙גַע֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עוֹלָ֖ם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ אָמַ֥ר גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Bəšeṣep qeṣep histarttî pānay regaʿ mimmēk û-bəḥesed ʿôlām riḥamtîk ʾāmar gōʾălēk Yhwh

Grammar Details

*Bəšeṣep*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in overflow
*qeṣep*: noun, masculine singular - anger/wrath
*histarttî*: verb, perfect, 1st singular, hiphil - I hid
*pānay*: noun, masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my face
*regaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - moment
*mimmēk*: preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - from you
*û-bəḥesed*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with lovingkindness
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting
*riḥamtîk*: verb, perfect, 1st singular, piel + 2nd feminine singular suffix - I will have compassion on you
*ʾāmar*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
*gōʾălēk*: verb, participle, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your redeemer
*Yhwh*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

*šeṣep*: overflow/outburst/flood
*qeṣep*: anger/wrath/rage
*histarttî*: hid/concealed
*pānay*: my face/my presence
*regaʿ*: moment/instant
*ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual
*riḥamtîk*: have compassion on you/show mercy to you
*gōʾălēk*: your redeemer/your vindicator

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isa 54:10 : 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Ps 13:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Ps 27:9 : 9 Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Isa 57:16-17 : 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Isa 60:10 : 10 And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
Jer 31:3 : 3 Jehovah appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Ezek 39:23-24 : 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.
Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
1 Tim 1:16 : 16 but for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for a ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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