Isaiah 66:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י בָהֶ֜ם א֗וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י מֵהֶ֣ם ׀ פְּ֠לֵיטִים אֶֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֞ם תַּרְשִׁ֨ישׁ פּ֥וּל וְל֛וּד מֹ֥שְׁכֵי קֶ֖שֶׁת תֻּבַ֣ל וְיָוָ֑ן הָאִיִּ֣ים הָרְחֹקִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־שָׁמְע֤וּ אֶת־שִׁמְעִי֙ וְלֹא־רָא֣וּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדִ֔י וְהִגִּ֥ידוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדִ֖י בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

And-śamtî in-them ʾôt, and-šillaḥtî from-them pĕlêṭîm to-the-gôyim: taršîš, pûl, and-lûḏ mōšĕḵê qešet, tûḇal and-yāwān, the-ʾiyyîm the-rĕḥōqîm, who not-šāmĕʿû ʾet-šimʿî and-not-rāʾû ʾet-kĕḇôḏî; and-higgîḏû ʾet-kĕḇôḏî among-the-gôyim.

Grammar Details

• *wĕ-śamtî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will set
• *ḇāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - among them
• *ʾôt*: noun, common singular - sign
• *wĕ-šillaḥtî*: conjunction + piel perfect, 1st person singular - and I will send
• *mē-hem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - from them
• *pĕlêṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - survivors/refugees
• *ʾel-ha-gôyim*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - to the nations
• *taršîš*: proper noun - Tarshish
• *pûl*: proper noun - Pul
• *wĕ-lûḏ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Lud
• *mōšĕḵê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - drawers of
• *qešet*: noun, feminine singular - bow
• *tûḇal*: proper noun - Tubal
• *wĕ-yāwān*: conjunction + proper noun - and Javan
• *hā-ʾiyyîm*: article + noun, masculine plural - the coastlands/islands
• *hā-rĕḥōqîm*: article + adjective, masculine plural - the distant ones
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
• *lōʾ-šāmĕʿû*: negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - have not heard
• *ʾet-šimʿî*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my fame
• *wĕ-lōʾ-rāʾû*: conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and have not seen
• *ʾet-kĕḇôḏî*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my glory
• *wĕ-higgîḏû*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will declare
• *ba-gôyim*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - among the nations

Word Meanings

• *śamtî*: I will set/place/establish
• *ʾôt*: sign/mark/token
• *šillaḥtî*: I will send/dispatch
• *pĕlêṭîm*: survivors/escapees/refugees
• *gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *taršîš*: Tarshish (distant land, possibly Spain)
• *pûl*: Pul (possibly another name for Assyria)
• *lûḏ*: Lud (Lydia in Asia Minor)
• *mōšĕḵê qešet*: drawers of bow/archers/bowmen
• *tûḇal*: Tubal (region in Asia Minor)
• *yāwān*: Javan (Greece/Ionia)
• *ʾiyyîm*: coastlands/islands/maritime regions
• *rĕḥōqîm*: distant/remote/far away
• *šāmĕʿû*: they have heard/listened to
• *šimʿî*: my fame/report/reputation
• *rāʾû*: they have seen/observed
• *kĕḇôḏî*: my glory/honor/splendor
• *higgîḏû*: they will declare/proclaim/tell

Referenced Verses

• Isa 52:15 : 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
• Ezek 27:10 : 10 Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
• Rom 15:21 : 21 but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
• Isa 62:10 : 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
• Isa 55:5 : 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not; and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
• Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
• 1 Chr 16:24 : 24 Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Gen 10:2 : 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
• Isa 11:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 18:3 : 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
• Ezek 27:13 : 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
• Ezek 30:5 : 5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
• Ezek 38:2-3 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
• Ezek 39:1 : 1 And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Matt 7:11-12 : 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
• Rom 11:1-6 : 1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel: 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 But if it is by grace, {G3765} it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
• Isa 65:1 : 1 I am inquired of by them that asked not [for me]; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Isa 18:7 : 7 In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts [from] a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.
• Isa 24:15-16 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea. 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
• Isa 29:24 : 24 They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
• Gen 10:4 : 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• Gen 10:13 : 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• 1 Chr 1:7 : 7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
• 1 Chr 1:11 : 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:
• Isa 49:12 : 12 Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isa 49:22 : 22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
• Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
• Isa 2:16 : 16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.