Isaiah 44:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זְכָר־אֵ֣לֶּה יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּ֣י עַבְדִּי־אָ֑תָּה יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָ עֶֽבֶד־לִי֙ אַ֔תָּה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א תִנָּשֵֽׁנִי׃

Transliteration

zəḵār-ʾēlleh yaʿăqōḇ wəyiśrāʾēl kî ʿaḇdî-ʾāttāh yəṣartîḵā ʿeḇeḏ-lî ʾattāh yiśrāʾēl lōʾ tinnāšēnî

Grammar Details

*zəḵār-ʾēlleh*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular + demonstrative pronoun, plural - remember these
*yaʿăqōḇ*: proper noun, masculine - Jacob
*wəyiśrāʾēl*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine - and Israel
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʿaḇdî-ʾāttāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you are my servant
*yəṣartîḵā*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have formed you
*ʿeḇeḏ-lî*: noun, masculine singular construct + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - a servant to me
*ʾattāh*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine - Israel
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tinnāšēnî*: verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will be forgotten by me

Word Meanings

*zəḵār*: remember/be mindful of/recall
*ʿaḇdî*: my servant/my slave
*yəṣartîḵā*: I have formed you/I have fashioned you/I have created you
*tinnāšēnî*: you will be forgotten by me/you will not be forgotten by me (with negation)

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:1-2 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isa 43:15 : 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Isa 46:8-9 : 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 49:15-16 : 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Zech 10:9 : 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Deut 31:19-21 : 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Isa 42:23 : 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isa 43:7 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

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