Isaiah 8:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ד וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי מִלֶּ֛כֶת בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

kî kōh ʾāmar YHWH to-me kə-ḥezqat ha-yād and-yissərēnî from-leket in-derek hā-ʿām-ha-zeh lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/so
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said/spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *kə-ḥezqat*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - with strength of
• *ha-yād*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the hand
• *yissərēnî*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he instructed/disciplined me
• *leket*: qal infinitive construct - to walk/go
• *derek*: noun masculine singular construct - way of
• *hā-ʿām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people
• *ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *kə-ḥezqat ha-yād*: with a strong hand/with power of hand/with firm grip
• *yissərēnî*: he instructed me/he disciplined me/he warned me
• *leket bə-derek hā-ʿām-ha-zeh*: from walking in the way of this people/from following the path of this people

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
• Jer 15:19 : 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
• Jer 20:7 : 7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
• Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
• Ezek 2:6-8 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.