Isaiah 58:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing finger, and malicious talk.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֤ז תִּקְרָא֙ וַיהוָ֣ה יַעֲנֶ֔ה תְּשַׁוַּ֖ע וְיֹאמַ֣ר הִנֵּ֑נִי אִם־תָּסִ֤יר מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ מוֹטָ֔ה שְׁלַ֥ח אֶצְבַּ֖ע וְדַבֶּר־אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

Then tiqrāʾ wa-YHWH yaʿăneh təšawwaʿ wə-yōʾmar hinnēnî if-tāsîr from-midst-of-you môṭāh šəlaḥ ʾeṣbaʿ wə-dabbēr-ʾāwen

Grammar Details

• *ʾāz*: adverb - then
• *tiqrāʾ*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will call
• *wa*-*YHWH*: conjunction with divine name - and YHWH
• *yaʿăneh*: imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will answer
• *təšawwaʿ*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will cry for help
• *wə*-*yōʾmar*: conjunction with imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he will say
• *hinnēnî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - here I am
• *ʾim*-*tāsîr*: conditional particle with imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - if you remove
• *mi*-*tôkəkā*: preposition with noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your midst
• *môṭāh*: noun - yoke
• *šəlaḥ*: infinitive construct - pointing of/extending of
• *ʾeṣbaʿ*: noun - finger
• *wə*-*dabbēr*-*ʾāwen*: conjunction with infinitive construct with noun - and speaking wickedness

Word Meanings

• *tiqrāʾ*: you will call/you will cry out
• *yaʿăneh*: he will answer/he will respond
• *təšawwaʿ*: you will cry for help/you will call out
• *yōʾmar*: he will say/he will speak
• *hinnēnî*: here I am/behold me
• *tāsîr*: you remove/you take away/you put aside
• *tôkəkā*: your midst/among you
• *môṭāh*: yoke/bar
• *šəlaḥ*: pointing of/extending of/sending forth
• *ʾeṣbaʿ*: finger/pointing finger (as gesture of scorn)
• *dabbēr*: speaking/talking
• *ʾāwen*: wickedness/iniquity/trouble

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou call,{H7121} and Jehovah{H3068} will answer;{H6030} thou shalt cry,{H7768} and he will say,{H559} Here I am. If thou take away{H5493} from the midst{H8432} of thee the yoke,{H4133} the putting forth{H7971} of the finger,{H676} and speaking{H1696} wickedly;{H205}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou call{H7121}{(H8799)}, and the LORD{H3068} shall answer{H6030}{(H8799)}; thou shalt cry{H7768}{(H8762)}, and he shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, Here I am. If thou take away{H5493}{(H8686)} from the midst{H8432} of thee the yoke{H4133}, the putting forth{H7971}{(H8800)} of the finger{H676}, and speaking{H1696}{(H8763)} vanity{H205};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then yf thou callest, the LORDE shal answere the: yf thou criest, he shal saye: here I am. Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens, and holdest thy fyngers, and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou call, and the Lorde shall answere: thou shalt cry and hee shall say, Here I am: if thou take away from the mids of thee the yoke, the putting foorth of the finger, and wicked speaking:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then you shall call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
• Ps 12:2 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.
• Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Prov 6:13 : 13 winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, pointing with his fingers.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Ps 34:15-17 : 15 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. 17 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
• Jer 29:12-13 : 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.
• 1 John 3:21-22 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.
• Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
• Zech 10:2 : 2 For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.
• Isa 30:19 : 19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.
• Isa 57:4 : 4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?
• Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsehood, and your tongue mutters injustice. 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
• Isa 59:13 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.
• Gen 27:18 : 18 Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'
• 1 Sam 3:4-8 : 4 Then the Lord called to Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am!" 5 Samuel ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So Samuel went and lay down again. 6 The Lord called Samuel again. Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call, my son. Go back and lie down." 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 The Lord called Samuel a third time, and he got up and went to Eli, saying, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.
• Ps 118:5 : 5 Out of my distress, I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a spacious place.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.