Isaiah 43:14

“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.”

Isaiah 43:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 43:14, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

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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.

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your Redeemerגֹּאַלְgoal

Redeemer

YHWH, who rescues his people.

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the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh

Holy One

God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.

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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.

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I have sentשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti

send

To send someone or something.

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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.

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as fugitivesרִיחִיםrichim

fleeing, gliding

Fleeing, fugitive; said of the serpent of the sea (Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1).

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and the Chaldeansכַשְׂדִּיםchasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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in the shipsאֳנִיּוֹתoniyot

ship

Ship.

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of their shout of joyרִנָּתָrinata

joyful shout

Glad cries or songs.

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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
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

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.”

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