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Thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל“Becauseיַעַןyou rejectמָאָסְכֶםthis wordבַּדָּבָר הַזֶּהand trustוַתִּבְטְחוּin oppressionבְּעֹשֶׁקand crookednessוְנָלוֹזand leanוַתִּשָּׁעֲנוּon it,עָלָיו
Isaiah 30:12
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you reject this word and trust in oppression and crookedness and lean on it,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 30:12, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- you rejectמָאָסְmaas
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maas” appears- this wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- and trustתִּבְטְחוּtivtchu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “tivtchu” appears- in oppressionעֹשֶׁקoshek
oppression, extortion
Oppression; what is gained by taking advantage of another.
Where else “oshek” appears- and crookednessנָלוֹזnaloz
turn aside, be devious
To turn aside, to depart from the way; figuratively, to be crooked or devious.
Where else “naloz” appears- and leanתִּשָּׁעֲנוּtishaanu
rely
To trust in YHWH, or in supports that fail.
Where else “tishaanu” appears
The context
11turn aside from the way, turn away from the path, rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”
12 · This verse (above)
13therefore this iniquity will be to you like a breach about to fall, bulging out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.