Isaiah 57:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ יַצִּילֻ֣ךְ קִבּוּצַ֔יִךְ וְאֶת־כֻּלָּ֥ם יִשָּׂא־ר֖וּחַ יִקַּח־הָ֑בֶל וְהַחוֹסֶ֥ה בִי֙ יִנְחַל־אֶ֔רֶץ וְיִירַ֖שׁ הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

bəzaʿăqēk yaṣṣîlûk qibbûṣayik wə-ʾet-kullām yiśśāʾ-rûaḥ yiqqaḥ-hābel wə-haḥôseh bî yinḥal-ʾereṣ wə-yîraš har-qodšî.

Grammar Details

*bəzaʿăqēk*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - in your crying out
*yaṣṣîlûk*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - they will deliver you
*qibbûṣayik*: noun, masculine, plural + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your collection/gathered idols
*wə-ʾet-kullām*: conjunctive waw + direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and all of them
*yiśśāʾ-rûaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, feminine, singular - wind will carry away
*yiqqaḥ-hābel*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine, singular - breath/vapor will take
*wə-haḥôseh*: conjunctive waw + qal participle, masculine, singular + definite article - and the one who takes refuge
*bî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - in me
*yinḥal-ʾereṣ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, feminine, singular - he will inherit land
*wə-yîraš*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will possess
*har-qodšî*: noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - mountain of my holiness

Word Meanings

*zaʿăqēk*: your cry/outcry/call for help
*yaṣṣîlûk*: let them deliver you/save you/rescue you
*qibbûṣayik*: your collection/gathered idols/assemblage
*yiśśāʾ-rûaḥ*: wind will carry away/spirit will lift
*hābel*: breath/vapor/emptiness/vanity
*haḥôseh*: the one taking refuge/seeking protection/trusting
*yinḥal-ʾereṣ*: will inherit the land/possess the earth
*yîraš*: will possess/inherit/take possession of
*har-qodšî*: my holy mountain/my holy hill

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:9 : 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
Isa 11:9 : 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 56:7 : 7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
Isa 65:25 : 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Isa 66:20 : 20 And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jer 22:20 : 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Jer 22:22 : 22 The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Ezek 20:40 : 40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
Isa 57:9-9 : 9 And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol. 10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.
Isa 65:9 : 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isa 65:11 : 11 But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;
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 40:24 : 24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Isa 41:16 : 16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Ps 84:12 : 12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Job 21:18 : 18 That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Ps 1:4 : 4 The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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