Isaiah 62:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהוָ֛ה בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ עֻזּ֑וֹ אִם־אֶתֵּן֩ אֶת־דְּגָנֵ֨ךְ ע֤וֹד מַֽאֲכָל֙ לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ וְאִם־יִשְׁתּ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־נֵכָר֙ תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגַ֖עַתְּ בּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

nišbaʿ YHWH in-yᵉmînô and-in-zᵉrôaʿ ʿuzzô if-ʾettēn ʾeṯ-dᵉḡānēḵ anymore maʾăḵāl to-ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ and-if-yištû bᵉnê-nēḵār tîrôšēḵ which yāḡaʿat in-it

Grammar Details

*nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has sworn
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*yᵉmînô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his right hand
*zᵉrôaʿ*: noun, feminine singular construct - arm of
*ʿuzzô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strength
*ʾettēn*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will give
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*dᵉḡānēḵ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your grain
*maʾăḵāl*: noun, masculine singular - food
*ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ*: Qal participle, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your enemies
*yištû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will drink
*bᵉnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*nēḵār*: noun, masculine singular - foreignness/foreigners
*tîrôšēḵ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your new wine
*yāḡaʿat*: Qal perfect 2nd person feminine singular - you have labored

Word Meanings

*nišbaʿ*: has sworn/has taken an oath
*yᵉmînô*: his right hand/his right side
*zᵉrôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*ʿuzzô*: his strength/his might/his power
*ʾettēn*: I will give/I will permit [negative oath formula - I will not give]
*dᵉḡānēḵ*: your grain/your corn
*maʾăḵāl*: food/sustenance
*ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ*: your enemies/your adversaries
*yištû*: they will drink/they will consume
*bᵉnê-nēḵār*: sons of foreignness/foreigners/strangers
*tîrôšēḵ*: your new wine/your must
*yāḡaʿat*: you have labored/you have toiled/you have worked hard

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
Jer 5:17 : 17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.
Isa 65:21-23 : 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Lev 26:16 : 16 I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Judg 6:3-6 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; 4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
Isa 1:7 : 7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Ezek 20:5 : 5 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;
Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

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