Isaiah 30:21

“And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.”

Isaiah 30:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 30:21, word by word

And your earsאָזְנֶיazne

hearing

The ear that listens: "incline your ear".

Where else “azne” appears
will hearתִּשְׁמַעְנָהtishmana

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “tishmana” appears
a wordדָבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
walkלְכוּlechu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

Where else “lechu” appears
when you turn to the rightתַאֲמִינוּtaaminu

go to the right

To go to the right, to take the right-hand way.

Where else “taaminu” appears
or when you turn to the leftתַשְׂמְאִילוּtasmilu

go to the left

Go to the left.

Where else “tasmilu” appears

The context

20And Adonai will give you bread of distress and water of oppression, but your teacher will no longer hide himself, and your eyes will be seeing your teacher.

21 · This verse (above)

22And you will defile the overlay of your carved idols of silver, and the plating of your cast image of gold; you will scatter them like a menstruous cloth; “Out!” you will say to it.

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