Isaiah 59:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּעַ֤ל גְּמֻלוֹת֙ כְּעַ֣ל יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם חֵמָ֣ה לְצָרָ֔יו גְּמ֖וּל לְאֹֽיְבָ֑יו לָאִיִּ֖ים גְּמ֥וּל יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

Transliteration

According-to gəmulôt according-to yəšallēm ḥēmâ to-ṣārāyw gəmûl to-ʾōyəbāyw to-the-ʾiyyîm gəmûl yəšallēm

Grammar Details

• *gəmulôt*: feminine plural noun with prefix כ and על (according to/as) - deeds/actions/recompense
• *yəšallēm*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will repay/complete/fulfill
• *ḥēmâ*: feminine singular noun - wrath/anger/fury
• *ṣārāyw*: masculine plural participle with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefix ל (to/for) - his adversaries
• *gəmûl*: masculine singular noun - recompense/benefit/dealing
• *ʾōyəbāyw*: masculine plural participle with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefix ל (to/for) - his enemies
• *ʾiyyîm*: masculine plural noun with prefix ל (to/for) - coastlands/islands

Word Meanings

• *gəmulôt*: deeds/actions/recompense/retribution
• *ḥēmâ*: wrath/anger/fury/rage
• *ṣārāyw*: his adversaries/oppressors/foes
• *gəmûl*: recompense/reward/retribution/dealing
• *ʾiyyîm*: coastlands/islands/distant lands

Referenced Verses

• Isa 63:6 : 6 And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
• Job 34:11 : 11 For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
• Lam 4:11 : 11 Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
• Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
• Rom 2:6 : 6 who will render to every man according to his works:
• Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
• Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
• Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress {G3631} of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
• Rev 20:12-13 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
• Ezek 6:12 : 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.
• Ezek 38:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils.
• Ps 18:24-26 : 24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
• Isa 1:24 : 24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
• Isa 49:25-26 : 25 But thus saith Jehovah, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 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.
• Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
• Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.