Isaiah 66:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י בָהֶ֜ם א֗וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י מֵהֶ֣ם ׀ פְּ֠לֵיטִים אֶֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֞ם תַּרְשִׁ֨ישׁ פּ֥וּל וְל֛וּד מֹ֥שְׁכֵי קֶ֖שֶׁת תֻּבַ֣ל וְיָוָ֑ן הָאִיִּ֣ים הָרְחֹקִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־שָׁמְע֤וּ אֶת־שִׁמְעִי֙ וְלֹא־רָא֣וּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדִ֔י וְהִגִּ֥ידוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדִ֖י בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

And-śamtî in-them ʾôt, and-šillaḥtî from-them pĕlêṭîm to-the-gôyim: taršîš, pûl, and-lûḏ mōšĕḵê qešet, tûḇal and-yāwān, the-ʾiyyîm the-rĕḥōqîm, who not-šāmĕʿû ʾet-šimʿî and-not-rāʾû ʾet-kĕḇôḏî; and-higgîḏû ʾet-kĕḇôḏî among-the-gôyim.

Grammar Details

• *wĕ-śamtî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will set
• *ḇāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - among them
• *ʾôt*: noun, common singular - sign
• *wĕ-šillaḥtî*: conjunction + piel perfect, 1st person singular - and I will send
• *mē-hem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - from them
• *pĕlêṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - survivors/refugees
• *ʾel-ha-gôyim*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - to the nations
• *taršîš*: proper noun - Tarshish
• *pûl*: proper noun - Pul
• *wĕ-lûḏ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Lud
• *mōšĕḵê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - drawers of
• *qešet*: noun, feminine singular - bow
• *tûḇal*: proper noun - Tubal
• *wĕ-yāwān*: conjunction + proper noun - and Javan
• *hā-ʾiyyîm*: article + noun, masculine plural - the coastlands/islands
• *hā-rĕḥōqîm*: article + adjective, masculine plural - the distant ones
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
• *lōʾ-šāmĕʿû*: negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - have not heard
• *ʾet-šimʿî*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my fame
• *wĕ-lōʾ-rāʾû*: conjunction + negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and have not seen
• *ʾet-kĕḇôḏî*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my glory
• *wĕ-higgîḏû*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will declare
• *ba-gôyim*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - among the nations

Word Meanings

• *śamtî*: I will set/place/establish
• *ʾôt*: sign/mark/token
• *šillaḥtî*: I will send/dispatch
• *pĕlêṭîm*: survivors/escapees/refugees
• *gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
• *taršîš*: Tarshish (distant land, possibly Spain)
• *pûl*: Pul (possibly another name for Assyria)
• *lûḏ*: Lud (Lydia in Asia Minor)
• *mōšĕḵê qešet*: drawers of bow/archers/bowmen
• *tûḇal*: Tubal (region in Asia Minor)
• *yāwān*: Javan (Greece/Ionia)
• *ʾiyyîm*: coastlands/islands/maritime regions
• *rĕḥōqîm*: distant/remote/far away
• *šāmĕʿû*: they have heard/listened to
• *šimʿî*: my fame/report/reputation
• *rāʾû*: they have seen/observed
• *kĕḇôḏî*: my glory/honor/splendor
• *higgîḏû*: they will declare/proclaim/tell

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Ezek 27:10 : 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
• Rom 15:21 : 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
• Isa 62:10 : 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
• Isa 55:5 : 5 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.
• 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.
• 1 Chr 16:24 : 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
• Isa 42:4 : 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Gen 10:2 : 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
• 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 18:3 : 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
• Ezek 27:13 : 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
• Ezek 30:5 : 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
• Ezek 38:2-3 : 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
• Ezek 39:1 : 1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 7:11-12 : 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Rom 11:1-6 : 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, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
• Isa 65:1 : 1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Isa 18:7 : 7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
• Isa 24:15-16 : 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
• Isa 29:24 : 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• Gen 10:4 : 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• Gen 10:13 : 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• 1 Chr 1:7 : 7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• 1 Chr 1:11 : 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isa 49:12 : 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isa 49:22 : 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
• Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring{H8686)} presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer{H8686)} gifts.
• Isa 2:16 : 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.