Isaiah 63:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַךְ־עַמִּ֣י הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

And he yōʾmer, surely ʿammî hēmmāh, bānîm not yĕšaqqērû, and he wayĕhî for them as môšîaʿ.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*ʾaḵ*: adverb - surely/only/indeed
*ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*hēmmāh*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/sons
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yĕšaqqērû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will deal falsely
*wayĕhî*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he became
*lāhem*: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them
*lĕmôšîaʿ*: preposition lamed + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - as a savior

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: he said/he thought/he commanded
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*yĕšaqqērû*: they will deal falsely/they will deceive/they will be faithless
*môšîaʿ*: savior/deliverer/rescuer

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isa 43:11 : 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isa 51:4 : 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Jer 14:8 : 8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Hos 13:4 : 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Rom 11:1-2 : 1 I say then , Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew . Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:28 : 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Jude 1:25 : 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exod 4:22-23 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exod 24:7 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 78:36-37 : 36 Nevertheless they did flatter{H8762)} him with their mouth, and they lied{H8762)} unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right{H8737)} with him, neither were they stedfast{H8738)} in his covenant.
Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

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