Isaiah 55:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵן גּוֹי לֹא־תֵדַע תִּקְרָא וְגוֹי לֹא־יְדָעוּךָ אֵלֶיךָ יָרוּצוּ לְמַעַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְלִקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי פֵאֲרָךְ

Transliteration

Hēn gôy not-ṯēḏaʿ tiqrāʾ and-gôy not-yĕḏāʿûḵā to-you yārûṣû for-sake-of YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā and-for-qĕḏôš Yiśrāʾēl because p̄ēʾărāḵ

Grammar Details

*Hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold/lo/see
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation
*ṯēḏaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you know
*tiqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will call
*yĕḏāʿûḵā*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they knew you
*yārûṣû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will run
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
*ʾĕlōheḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*qĕḏôš*: adjective, masculine singular construct - Holy One of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*p̄ēʾărāḵ*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he has glorified you

Word Meanings

*Hēn*: behold/look/see
*gôy*: nation/people
*tiqrāʾ*: you will call/summon/invite
*yārûṣû*: they will run/hasten/rush
*qĕḏôš*: Holy One/sacred one
*p̄ēʾărāḵ*: he has glorified you/beautified you/honored you

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Referenced Verses

Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Acts 3:13 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Acts 5:31 : 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 52:15 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
John 13:31-32 : 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
John 17:1 : 1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Isa 55:4 : 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Isa 56:8 : 8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Ps 18:43 : 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Ps 110:1-3 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Isa 11:10-11 : 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Rom 15:20 : 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
Eph 2:11 : 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Heb 5:5 : 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Zech 2:11 : 11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Luke 24:26 : 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

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