Isaiah 54:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּרָ֥אתִי מַשְׁחִ֖ית לְחַבֵּֽל׃

Transliteration

Hinnēh ʾānōkî bārāʾtî ḥārāš nōpēaḥ bəʾēš peḥām û-môṣîʾ kəlî ləmaʿăśēhû wə-ʾānōkî bārāʾtî mašḥît ləḥabbēl

Grammar Details

*Hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st singular - I
*bārāʾtî*: verb, perfect, 1st singular, qal - have created
*ḥārāš*: noun, masculine singular - craftsman/blacksmith
*nōpēaḥ*: verb, participle, masculine singular, qal - who blows
*bəʾēš*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in fire
*peḥām*: noun, masculine singular - coals
*û-môṣîʾ*: conjunction + verb, participle, masculine singular, hiphil - and brings forth
*kəlî*: noun, masculine singular - weapon/tool
*ləmaʿăśēhû*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for its work
*wə-ʾānōkî*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st singular - and I
*mašḥît*: verb, participle, masculine singular, hiphil - destroyer
*ləḥabbēl*: preposition + verb, infinitive construct, piel - to destroy

Word Meanings

*bārāʾtî*: created/formed/made
*ḥārāš*: craftsman/blacksmith/smith
*nōpēaḥ*: who blows/who fans
*peḥām*: coals/charcoal
*môṣîʾ*: brings forth/produces
*kəlî*: weapon/tool/instrument
*maʿăśēhû*: its work/its purpose
*mašḥît*: destroyer/ravager
*ḥabbēl*: destroy/ruin/devastate

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Exod 9:16 : 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isa 37:26 : 26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Isa 46:11 : 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
John 19:11 : 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

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