Isaiah 1:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן נְאֻ֤ם הָֽאָדוֹן֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲבִ֖יר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ה֚וֹי אֶנָּחֵ֣ם מִצָּרַ֔י וְאִנָּקְמָ֖ה מֵאוֹיְבָֽי׃

Transliteration

lākēn nᵉʾum hāʾādôn YHWH ṣᵉbāʾôt ʾăbîr yiśrāʾēl hôy ʾennāḥēm miṣṣāray wᵉʾinnāqᵉmâ mēʾôyᵉbāy

Grammar Details

• *lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *nᵉʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *hāʾādôn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - of hosts/armies
• *ʾăbîr*: noun, masculine singular construct - Mighty One of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *hôy*: interjection - ah/alas
• *ʾennāḥēm*: verb, niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be relieved
• *miṣṣāray*: preposition min + noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my adversaries
• *wᵉʾinnāqᵉmâ*: conjunction wə- + verb, niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I will avenge myself
• *mēʾôyᵉbāy*: preposition min + noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my enemies

Word Meanings

• *lākēn*: therefore/hence/so
• *nᵉʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *hāʾādôn*: the Lord/Master/Sovereign
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: of hosts/armies/heavenly forces
• *ʾăbîr*: Mighty One/Champion/Strong One
• *ʾennāḥēm*: be relieved/be eased/be consoled/get relief
• *miṣṣāray*: from my adversaries/foes/opponents
• *ʾinnāqᵉmâ*: avenge myself/take vengeance/get satisfaction
• *mēʾôyᵉbāy*: from my enemies/foes

Referenced Verses

• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 60:16 : 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
• Deut 28:63 : 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
• Deut 32:43 : 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
• Ps 132:2 : 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
• Prov 1:25-26 : 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
• Isa 30:29 : 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Isa 61:2 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
• Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
• Ezek 16:42 : 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
• Ezek 21:17 : 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
• Heb 10:13 : 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
• Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.