Isaiah 48:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Heare yee this, O house of Iaakob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iudah: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousnesse.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֣את בֵּֽית־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִמֵּ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יָצָ֑אוּ הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים ׀ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א בֶאֱמֶ֖ת וְלֹ֥א בִצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

Shimʿû-zōʾt bêt-yaʿăqōb hanniqrāʾîm in shēm yiśrāʾēl ûmimmê yehûdāh yāṣāʾû hannishbāʿîm in shēm YHWH ûbēʾlōhê yiśrāʾēl yazkîrû not in ʾemet and not in ṣedāqāh

Grammar Details

• *Shimʿû*: imperative plural - hear/listen
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative feminine singular - this
• *bêt*: construct state - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones being called
• *shēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ûmimmê*: conjunction wə + preposition min + construct form - and from waters of
• *yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yāṣāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they came out/went forth
• *hannishbāʿîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones swearing
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ûbēʾlōhê*: conjunction wə + preposition bə + construct form - and in/by God of
• *yazkîrû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person plural - they mention/invoke
• *ʾemet*: feminine singular - truth/faithfulness
• *ṣedāqāh*: feminine singular - righteousness

Word Meanings

• *Shimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: called/named/summoned
• *ûmimmê*: from waters of/from sources of/from lineage of
• *yāṣāʾû*: came forth/descended/originated
• *hannishbāʿîm*: who swear/take oaths/make pledges
• *yazkîrû*: mention/invoke/proclaim/commemorate
• *ʾemet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *ṣedāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightful conduct

Referenced Verses

• Ps 68:26 : 26 Praise yee God in the assemblies, and the Lord, ye that are of the fountaine of Israel.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt sweare, The Lord liueth in trueth, in iudgement, and in righteousnesse, and the nations shall be blessed in him, and shall glorie in him.
• Deut 33:28 : 28 Then Israel the fountaine of Iaakob shal dwell alone in safetie in a lande of wheat, & wine: also his heauens shal drop the dewe.
• Num 24:7 : 7 The water droppeth out of his bucket, & his seede shalbe in many waters, and his king shall be hier then Agag, and his kingdome shall bee exalted.
• Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 I haue sworne by my selfe: the worde is gone out of my mouth in righteousnesse, and shall not returne, That euery knee shall bowe vnto me, and euery tongue shall sweare by me.
• Isa 65:16 : 16 He that shal blesse in the earth, shal blesse himselfe in the true God, and he that sweareth in the earth, shall sweare by the true God: for the former troubles are forgotten, and shall surely hide themselues from mine eyes.
• Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,
• Isa 62:8 : 8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, & surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured.
• Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God: thou shalt serue him, and thou shalt cleaue vnto him, and shalt sweare by his Name.
• Deut 5:28 : 28 Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lorde sayd vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of ye wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayd, all that they haue spoken.
• Gen 32:28 : 28 Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
• Gen 35:10 : 10 Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shal it be heard out of thy mouth.
• Lev 19:12 : 12 Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
• 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Vnto this day they doe after the olde maner: they neyther feare God, neyther doe after their ordinances, nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commaundement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakob, whom he named Israel,
• Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth, 17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee? 18 For when thou seest a thiefe, thou runnest with him, & thou art partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit. 20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the King shall reioyce in God, and all that sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies be in subiection vnto thee.
• Prov 5:16 : 16 Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes.
• Isa 1:10-14 : 10 Heare the worde of the Lorde, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah. 11 What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? 13 Bring no mo oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. 14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them.
• Isa 26:13 : 13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee, haue ruled vs, but we will remember thee onely, and thy Name.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the Lordes: another shalbe called by the name of Iaakob: and another shall subscribe with his hand vnto the Lord, and name himselfe by the name of Israel.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 For though they say, The Lord liueth, yet doe they sweare falsely.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steale, murder, and commit adulterie, and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Baal, and walke after other gods whome yee knowe not? 10 And come and stande before mee in this House, whereupon my Name is called, and saye, We are deliuered, though we haue done all these abominations?
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham,
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will be a swift witnesse against the southsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelings wages, and vexe the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, sayth the Lord of hostes.
• Matt 15:8-9 : 8 This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is farre off from me. 9 But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
• John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
• John 4:24 : 24 God is a Spirite, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trueth.
• Rom 2:17 : 17 Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,
• Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Iewe which is one wtin, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirite not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Rom 9:6 : 6 Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:
• Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.
• 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 Which speake lies through hypocrisie, & haue their cosciences burned with an hote yron,
• 2 Tim 3:2-5 : 2 For men shalbe louers of their owne selues, couetous, boasters, proud, cursed speakers, disobedient to parents, vnthankefull, vnholy, 3 Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good, 4 Traitours, headie, high minded, louers of pleasures more then louers of God, 5 Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I knowe thy workes and tribulation, and pouertie (but thou art riche) and I knowe the blasphemie of them, which say they are Iewes, and are not, but are the Synagogue of Satan.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which call themselues Iewes, and are not, but doe lye: beholde, I say, I will make them, that they shall come and worship before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee.