Isaiah 37:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֖וּן אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֑ם כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־תִּירָא֙ מִפְּנֵ֤י הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר גִּדְּפ֛וּ נַעֲרֵ֥י מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר אוֹתִֽי׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer to-them Yeshaʿyāhû thus kōh you-shall-say tōʾmerûn to-ʾadōnêkem thus kōh said ʾāmar YHWH not ʾal-fear tîrāʾ from-before mippenê the-debārîm which ʾasher you-heard shāmaʿtā which ʾasher blasphemed giddepû naʿarê king-of-melek-ʾAshshûr me ʾôtî.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *Yeshaʿyāhû*: proper noun - Isaiah
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/so
• *tōʾmerûn*: qal imperfect 2mp + paragogic nun - you shall say
• *ʾadōnêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2mp suffix - your masters/lords
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
• *tîrāʾ*: qal imperfect 2ms jussive - fear
• *mippenê*: preposition מן + noun, plural construct - from before/because of
• *debārîm*: noun, masculine plural - words
• *ʾasher*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *shāmaʿtā*: qal perfect 2ms - you heard
• *giddepû*: piel perfect 3cp - they blasphemed/reviled
• *naʿarê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants/young men of
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *ʾAshshûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *ʾôtî*: direct object marker + 1cs suffix - me

Word Meanings

• *ʾadōnêkem*: your masters/your lord/your king
• *tîrāʾ*: fear/be afraid/be terrified
• *mippenê*: from before/because of/on account of
• *giddepû*: blasphemed/reviled/insulted
• *naʿarê*: servants/young men/attendants

Referenced Verses

• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
• Isa 7:4 : 4 And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.
• Isa 10:24-25 : 24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt. 25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support. 11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen. 12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction. 13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper. 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine. 2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
• Isa 51:12-13 : 12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass? 13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
• Mark 4:40 : 40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?
• Mark 5:36 : 36 But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.
• Exod 14:13 : 13 But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
• Lev 26:8 : 8 Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.
• Josh 11:6 : 6 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.
• 2 Kgs 19:5-7 : 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing. 7 See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.
• 2 Kgs 22:15-20 : 15 And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me, 16 These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book; 17 Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out. 18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears, 19 Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord. 20 For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.
• 2 Chr 20:15-20 : 15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's. 16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them. 17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you. 18 Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him. 19 And the Levites, the children of the Kohathites and the Korahites, got to their feet and gave praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, with a loud voice. 20 And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.