Isaiah 48:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֣את בֵּֽית־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמִמֵּ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יָצָ֑אוּ הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים ׀ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א בֶאֱמֶ֖ת וְלֹ֥א בִצְדָקָֽה׃

Transliteration

Shimʿû-zōʾt bêt-yaʿăqōb hanniqrāʾîm in shēm yiśrāʾēl ûmimmê yehûdāh yāṣāʾû hannishbāʿîm in shēm YHWH ûbēʾlōhê yiśrāʾēl yazkîrû not in ʾemet and not in ṣedāqāh

Grammar Details

• *Shimʿû*: imperative plural - hear/listen
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative feminine singular - this
• *bêt*: construct state - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones being called
• *shēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ûmimmê*: conjunction wə + preposition min + construct form - and from waters of
• *yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yāṣāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they came out/went forth
• *hannishbāʿîm*: definite article + niphal participle masculine plural - the ones swearing
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ûbēʾlōhê*: conjunction wə + preposition bə + construct form - and in/by God of
• *yazkîrû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person plural - they mention/invoke
• *ʾemet*: feminine singular - truth/faithfulness
• *ṣedāqāh*: feminine singular - righteousness

Word Meanings

• *Shimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
• *hanniqrāʾîm*: called/named/summoned
• *ûmimmê*: from waters of/from sources of/from lineage of
• *yāṣāʾû*: came forth/descended/originated
• *hannishbāʿîm*: who swear/take oaths/make pledges
• *yazkîrû*: mention/invoke/proclaim/commemorate
• *ʾemet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *ṣedāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightful conduct

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Hear this, house of Jacob, those who are called by the name of Israel and who have come out of Judah's lineage, who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Heare this, O thou house of Iacob: ye yt are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of one stocke wt Iuda: which sweare by the name of the LORDE, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel (but not wt treuth and right)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Heare yee this, O house of Iaakob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iudah: which sweare by the Name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousnesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Heare this O thou house of Iacob, ye that are called by the name of Israel, & are come out of one stocke with Iuda: whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel, but not with trueth and ryght.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Appeals to the Exiles Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the LORD, and invoke the God of Israel– but not in an honest and just manner.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 68:26 : 26 Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Deut 33:28 : 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of grain and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
• Num 24:7 : 7 He shall pour the water from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
• Deut 6:13 : 13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
• Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isa 65:16 : 16 So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth, because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
• Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.
• Isa 62:8 : 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no longer give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your wine, for which you have labored:
• Deut 10:20 : 20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast, and swear by his name.
• Deut 5:28 : 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have spoken well all that they have spoken.
• Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
• Gen 35:10 : 10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.
• Exod 23:13 : 13 And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.
• Lev 19:12 : 12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they continue practicing their former habits: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow his statutes, or his ordinances, or the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
• Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of those that speak lies shall be stopped.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
• Prov 5:16 : 16 Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets.
• Isa 1:10-14 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them.
• Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside You have had dominion over us, but by You only will we make mention of Your name.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom;
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 15:8-9 : 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!
• John 4:24 : 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
• Rom 2:17 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,
• Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
• Rom 9:6 : 6 Not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel:
• Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
• 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
• 2 Tim 3:2-5 : 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good, 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.
• Rev 2:9 : 9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.