Isaiah 1:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי אֶ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּ֑ר בָּנִים֙ גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי וְהֵ֖ם פָּ֥שְׁעוּ בִֽי׃

Transliteration

šim'û šāmayim wᵉhaʾăzînî ʾereṣ kî YHWH dibber bānîm giddalᵊtî wᵉrômamᵊtî wᵉhēm pāšᵊ'û bî

Grammar Details

• *šim'û*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
• *wᵉhaʾăzînî*: conjunction wə- + hifil imperative, feminine singular - and give ear/listen
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *dibber*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has spoken
• *bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - sons/children
• *giddalᵊtî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have raised/brought up
• *wᵉrômamᵊtî*: conjunction wə- + polel perfect, 1st person singular - and exalted
• *wᵉhēm*: conjunction wə- + pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - and they
• *pāšᵊ'û*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - rebelled/transgressed
• *bî*: preposition bə- + 1st person singular pronominal suffix - against me

Word Meanings

• *šim'û*: hear/listen/obey
• *haʾăzînî*: give ear/pay attention/listen
• *kî*: for/because/that/when
• *giddalᵊtî*: raised/brought up/nourished/made great
• *rômamᵊtî*: exalted/raised up/brought to honor
• *pāšᵊ'û*: rebelled/transgressed/revolted

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear,{H8085} O heavens,{H8064} and give ear,{H238} O earth;{H776} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken:{H1696} I have nourished{H1431} and brought up{H7311} children,{H1121} and they have rebelled{H6586} against me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O heavens{H8064}, and give ear{H238}{(H8685)}, O earth{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, I have nourished{H1431}{(H8765)} and brought up{H7311}{(H8790)} children{H1121}, and they have rebelled{H6586}{(H8804)} against me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Heare o heauen, herken o earth, for the LORDE speaketh: I haue norished & brought vp children, and they are fallen awaye fro me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Heare, O heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lorde hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp children, but they haue rebelled against me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Heare O heauens, and hearken O earth: for the Lorde hath spoken, I haue norished and brought vp children, and they haue done vnfaithfully against me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

Referenced Verses

• Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and all that is within it: and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land where you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Deut 30:19 : 19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live:
• Mic 6:1-2 : 1 Hear now what the LORD says; Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD'S dispute, and you strong foundations of the earth, for the LORD has a dispute with His people, and He will plead with Israel.
• Ps 50:4 : 4 He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people.
• Isa 5:1-2 : 1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
• Isa 30:1 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
• Isa 30:9 : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD:
• Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been carried by me from birth, who are carried from the womb: 4 Even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs I will carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• Isa 63:9-9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
• Isa 65:2 : 2 I have stretched out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;
• Jer 2:5-9 : 5 Thus says the LORD, What wrong have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have followed idols, and have become idolaters? 6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived? 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. 8 The priests did not say, Where is the LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me: the shepherds also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. 11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. 12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• Jer 6:19 : 19 Hear, O earth; behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
• Jer 13:15 : 15 Hear, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken.
• Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Ezek 16:6-9 : 6 And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live. 7 I have caused you to multiply like the bud of the field, and you have increased and grown great, and you have come to excellent ornaments; your breasts are formed, and your hair has grown, whereas you were naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine. 9 Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. 10 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with badger's skin, and I wrapped you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk. 11 I adorned you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, honey, and oil; you were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered into a kingdom. 14 And your fame went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord GOD.
• Deut 9:22-24 : 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice. 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
• Deut 1:31 : 31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.
• Deut 4:7-8 : 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
• Mic 3:8 : 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
• Ezek 36:4 : 4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around;
• Amos 3:1 : 1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
• Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
• Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Rom 3:1-2 : 1 What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
• Rom 9:4-5 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 Of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
• Ezek 20:5-9 : 5 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had spied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: 7 Then I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 Therefore I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live in them; and they greatly polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 16 Because they despised my judgments, and did not walk in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, nor did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 18 But I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. 21 Nevertheless the children rebelled against me: they did not walk in my statutes, nor kept my judgments to do them, which if a man does, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 Therefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live; 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, so that they might know that I am the LORD. 27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings. 29 Then I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And its name is called Bamah to this day. 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you harlotry after their abominations? 31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. 32 And what comes into your mind shall not happen, that you say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.