Isaiah 37:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֖וּן אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֑ם כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־תִּירָא֙ מִפְּנֵ֤י הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר גִּדְּפ֛וּ נַעֲרֵ֥י מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר אוֹתִֽי׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer to-them Yeshaʿyāhû thus kōh you-shall-say tōʾmerûn to-ʾadōnêkem thus kōh said ʾāmar YHWH not ʾal-fear tîrāʾ from-before mippenê the-debārîm which ʾasher you-heard shāmaʿtā which ʾasher blasphemed giddepû naʿarê king-of-melek-ʾAshshûr me ʾôtî.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *Yeshaʿyāhû*: proper noun - Isaiah
• *kōh*: adverb - thus/so
• *tōʾmerûn*: qal imperfect 2mp + paragogic nun - you shall say
• *ʾadōnêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2mp suffix - your masters/lords
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3ms - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
• *tîrāʾ*: qal imperfect 2ms jussive - fear
• *mippenê*: preposition מן + noun, plural construct - from before/because of
• *debārîm*: noun, masculine plural - words
• *ʾasher*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *shāmaʿtā*: qal perfect 2ms - you heard
• *giddepû*: piel perfect 3cp - they blasphemed/reviled
• *naʿarê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants/young men of
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *ʾAshshûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *ʾôtî*: direct object marker + 1cs suffix - me

Word Meanings

• *ʾadōnêkem*: your masters/your lord/your king
• *tîrāʾ*: fear/be afraid/be terrified
• *mippenê*: from before/because of/on account of
• *giddepû*: blasphemed/reviled/insulted
• *naʿarê*: servants/young men/attendants

Referenced Verses

• Isa 35:4 : 4 Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
• Isa 7:4 : 4 Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
• Isa 10:24-25 : 24 Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation [against you] shall be accomplished, and my anger [shall be directed] to his destruction.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you shall be disappointed and confounded: those who strive with you shall be as nothing, and shall perish. 12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with you: those who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing. 13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you. 14 Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says Yahweh, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you.
• Isa 51:12-13 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass; 13 and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Mark 4:40 : 40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"
• Mark 5:36 : 36 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
• Exod 14:13 : 13 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
• Lev 26:8 : 8 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
• Josh 11:6 : 6 Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
• 2 Kgs 19:5-7 : 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
• 2 Kgs 22:15-20 : 15 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you to me, 16 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard, 19 because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.
• 2 Chr 20:15-20 : 15 and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 16 Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you. 18 Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh. 19 The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice. 20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.