Isaiah 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ד וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי מִלֶּ֛כֶת בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

kî kōh ʾāmar YHWH to-me kə-ḥezqat ha-yād and-yissərēnî from-leket in-derek hā-ʿām-ha-zeh lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/so
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *kə-ḥezqat*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - with strength of
• *ha-yād*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the hand
• *yissərēnî*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he instructed/disciplined me
• *leket*: qal infinitive construct - to walk/go
• *derek*: noun masculine singular construct - way of
• *hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people
• *ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *kə-ḥezqat ha-yād*: with a strong hand/with power of hand/with firm grip
• *yissərēnî*: he instructed me/he disciplined me/he warned me
• *leket bə-derek hā-ʿām-ha-zeh*: from walking in the way of this people/from following the path of this people

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 for we {G1410} cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
• Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
• Jer 15:19 : 19 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
• Jer 20:7 : 7 O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.
• Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain].
• Ezek 2:6-8 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.