Forכִּיhe has said,אָמַר“By the strengthבְּכֹחַof my handיָדִיI have done it,עָשִׂיתִיand by my wisdom,וּבְחָכְמָתִיforכִּיI have understanding;נְבֻנוֹתִיand I have removedוְאָסִירthe boundariesגְּבוּלֹתof peoples,עַמִּיםand their treasuresוַעֲתוּדוֹתֵיהֶםI have plundered;שׁוֹשֵׂתִיand like a mighty oneכַּאבִּירI have brought downוְאוֹרִידthose who sat on thrones.יוֹשְׁבִים
Isaiah 10:13
Study it in the app“For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; and I have removed the boundaries of peoples, and their treasures I have plundered; and like a mighty one I have brought down those who sat on thrones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:13, word by word
- he has saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “By the strengthכֹחַchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- of my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- I have done itעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- and by my wisdomחָכְמָתִchachmati
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmati” appears- I have understandingנְבֻנוֹתִיnevunoti
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “nevunoti” appears- and I have removedאָסִירasir
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “asir” appears- the boundariesגְּבוּלֹתgevulot
border, territory
Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.
Where else “gevulot” appears- of peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and their treasuresעֲתוּדוֹתֵיatudote
treasure
Treasures, what is stored up.
Where else “atudote” appears- I have plunderedשׁוֹשֵׂתִיshoseti
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shoseti” appears- and like a mighty oneאבִּירbir
mighty
Someone or something of great strength that prevails over others: the mighty one, the chief.
Where else “bir” appears- I have brought downאוֹרִידorid
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “orid” appears- those who sat on thronesיוֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appears
The context
12And it will happen when Adonai has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, that I will punish the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria and the beauty of the height of his eyes.
13 · This verse (above)
14And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers abandoned eggs, all the earth I have gathered; and there was no one who moved a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped.”