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Thereforeלָכֵןhearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהyou menאַנְשֵׁיof scoffing,לָצוֹןrulersמֹשְׁלֵיof this peopleהָעָם הַזֶּהthat isאֲשֶׁרin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Isaiah 28:14
Study it in the app“Therefore hear the word of YHWH, you men of scoffing, rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 28:14, word by word
- hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- you menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of scoffingלָצוֹןlatson
scorn, mockery
Scorn, the contempt of one who laughs at everything; the attitude of the scoffer.
Where else “latson” appears- rulersמֹשְׁלֵיmoshle
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshle” appears- of this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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
13And the word of YHWH will be to them command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there, so that they will go and stumble backward, and be broken, and be snared, and be captured.
14 · This verse (above)
15Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement; the sweeping whip, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge, and in falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”