Isaiah 62:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהוָ֛ה בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ עֻזּ֑וֹ אִם־אֶתֵּן֩ אֶת־דְּגָנֵ֨ךְ ע֤וֹד מַֽאֲכָל֙ לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ וְאִם־יִשְׁתּ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־נֵכָר֙ תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגַ֖עַתְּ בּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

nišbaʿ YHWH in-yᵉmînô and-in-zᵉrôaʿ ʿuzzô if-ʾettēn ʾeṯ-dᵉḡānēḵ anymore maʾăḵāl to-ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ and-if-yištû bᵉnê-nēḵār tîrôšēḵ which yāḡaʿat in-it

Grammar Details

*nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has sworn
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*yᵉmînô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his right hand
*zᵉrôaʿ*: noun, feminine singular construct - arm of
*ʿuzzô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strength
*ʾettēn*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will give
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*dᵉḡānēḵ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your grain
*maʾăḵāl*: noun, masculine singular - food
*ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ*: Qal participle, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your enemies
*yištû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will drink
*bᵉnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*nēḵār*: noun, masculine singular - foreignness/foreigners
*tîrôšēḵ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your new wine
*yāḡaʿat*: Qal perfect 2nd person feminine singular - you have labored

Word Meanings

*nišbaʿ*: has sworn/has taken an oath
*yᵉmînô*: his right hand/his right side
*zᵉrôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*ʿuzzô*: his strength/his might/his power
*ʾettēn*: I will give/I will permit [negative oath formula - I will not give]
*dᵉḡānēḵ*: your grain/your corn
*maʾăḵāl*: food/sustenance
*ʾōyᵉḇayiḵ*: your enemies/your adversaries
*yištû*: they will drink/they will consume
*bᵉnê-nēḵār*: sons of foreignness/foreigners/strangers
*tîrôšēḵ*: your new wine/your must
*yāḡaʿat*: you have labored/you have toiled/you have worked hard

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Jer 5:17 : 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
Isa 65:21-23 : 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Lev 26:16 : 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Judg 6:3-6 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Isa 1:7 : 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Ezek 20:5 : 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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