ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהyour Redeemer,גֹּאַלְכֶםthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל“For your sakeלְמַעַנְכֶםI have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיto Babylon,בָבֶלָהand I have brought downוְהוֹרַדְתִּיas fugitivesבָרִיחִיםall of them,כֻּלָּםand the Chaldeans,וְכַשְׂדִּיםin the shipsבָּאֳנִיּוֹתof their shout of joy.רִנָּתָם
Isaiah 43:14
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I have brought down as fugitives all of them, and the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shout of joy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 43:14, 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- 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- your Redeemerגֹּאַלְgoal
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goal” 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- I have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appears- to Babylonבָבֶלָvavela
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavela” appears- and I have brought downהוֹרַדְתִּיhoradti
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horadti” appears- as fugitivesרִיחִיםrichim
fleeing, gliding
Fleeing, fugitive; said of the serpent of the sea (Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1).
Where else “richim” appears- and the Chaldeansכַשְׂדִּיםchasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “chasdim” appears- in the shipsאֳנִיּוֹתoniyot
ship
Ship.
Where else “oniyot” appears- of their shout of joyרִנָּתָrinata
joyful shout
Glad cries or songs.
Where else “rinata” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is difficult. “Fugitives” can also be read “bars”; “the ships of their shout of joy” would be the ships they boasted of.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
13Also, since there was day, I am the same, and there is no one who delivers from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?”
14 · This verse (above)
15I am YHWH, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”