Isaiah 36:20

Webster's Bible (1833)

Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֗י בְּכָל־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָֽאֲרָצוֹת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֖ם מִיָּדִ֑י כִּֽי־יַצִּ֧יל יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מִיָּדִֽי

Transliteration

Who mî bəḵāl-ʾĕlōhê hā-ʾărāṣôṯ hāʾēlleh who ʾăšer-hiṣṣîlû ʾeṯ-ʾarṣām from my hand miyyāḏî that kî-yaṣṣîl YHWH ʾeṯ-yərûšālaim from my hand miyyāḏî?

Grammar Details

• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *bəḵāl*: preposition + construct noun - among all
• *ʾĕlōhê*: construct plural of אֱלֹהִים - gods of
• *hā-ʾărāṣôṯ*: definite article + noun feminine plural - the lands
• *hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative plural - these
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/that
• *hiṣṣîlû*: hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - they delivered
• *ʾeṯ-ʾarṣām*: direct object marker + noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their land
• *miyyāḏî*: preposition + noun + 1st person singular suffix - from my hand
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *yaṣṣîl*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will deliver
• *YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
• *ʾeṯ-yərûšālaim*: direct object marker + proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhê*: gods of/deities of
• *ʾărāṣôṯ*: lands/countries/territories
• *hiṣṣîlû*: delivered/rescued/saved
• *yaṣṣîl*: will deliver/rescue/save
• *yāḏî*: my hand/my power/my control

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
• Job 15:25-26 : 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty; 26 He runs at him with a stiff neck, With the thick shields of his bucklers;
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? 10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. 11 Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low. 12 Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
• Ps 50:21 : 21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
• Ps 73:9 : 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
• Isa 37:18-19 : 18 Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
• Isa 37:23-29 : 23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel. 24 By your servants have you defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field; 25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. 26 Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be your to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up. 28 But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me. 29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
• Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They shall be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols. 17 [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to you fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Exod 5:2 : 2 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
• 1 Kgs 20:23 : 23 The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
• 2 Kgs 19:22-37 : 22 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field. 24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. 25 Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up. 27 But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me. 28 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. 29 This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it. 30 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh shall perform this. 32 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh. 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 35 It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh. 37 It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?