And the moonוְ הַלְּבָנָהwill be confounded,חָפְרָהand the sunוּ הַחַמָּהashamed,בוֹשָׁהforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתwill reignמָלַךְon MountבְּהַרZionצִיּוֹןand in Jerusalem,וּבִירוּשָׁלִַםand beforeוְנֶגֶדhis eldersזְקֵנָיוthere will be glory.כָּבוֹד
Isaiah 24:23
Study it in the app“And the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed, for YHWH Tsevaot will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders there will be glory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:23, word by word
- And the moonלְּבָנָהlevana
moon
The moon (literally "the white one").
Where else “levana” appears- will be confoundedחָפְרָהchafra
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “chafra” appears- and the sunחַמָּהchama
sun, heat
The sun; the heat of the sun.
Where else “chama” appears- ashamedבוֹשָׁהvosha
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “vosha” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- will reignמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- on Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- his eldersזְקֵנָיzekenay
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenay” appears- there will be gloryכָּבוֹדkavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kavod” appears
Translation note
The words for moon and sun here are poetic: “the white one” and “the burning one.”
Places in this verse
1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
22And they will be gathered in a gathering as prisoners in the pit, and they will be shut up in the prison, and after many days they will be visited.
23 · This verse (above)