Isaiah 1:2

“Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for YHWH has spoken: Children I have reared and brought up, but they have transgressed against me.”

Isaiah 1:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 1:2, word by word

Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shimu” appears
heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and listenהַאֲזִינִיhaazini

listen, give ear

Give ear, listen carefully.

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earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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Childrenבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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I have rearedגִּדַּלְתִּיgidalti

grow up

To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.

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and brought upרוֹמַמְתִּיromamti

be high

To be up above, raised in honor.

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have transgressedפָּשְׁעוּpashu

transgress

To break with God and his law.

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The context

1The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 · This verse (above)

3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey the manger of its master; Israel does not know, my people does not understand.

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