Whenכִּיyou passתַעֲבֹרthrough the waters,בַּמַּיִםI will beאָנִיwith you;אִתְּךָand through the rivers,וּבַנְּהָרוֹתthey will notלֹאsweep you away;יִשְׁטְפוּךָwhenכִּיyou walkתֵלֵךְthroughבְּמוֹfire,אֵשׁyou will notלֹאbe burned,תִכָּוֶהand the flameוְלֶהָבָהwill notלֹאburnתִבְעַרagainst you.בָּךְ
Isaiah 43:2
Study it in the app“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not sweep you away; when you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not burn against you.”
God promises to be with his people when they pass through waters and fireComfort
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 43:2, word by word
- you passתַעֲבֹרtaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appears- through the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and through the riversנְּהָרוֹתneharot
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “neharot” appears- sweep you awayיִשְׁטְפוּyishtfu
overflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “yishtfu” appears- you walkתֵלֵךְtelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telech” appears- throughבְּמוֹbemo
in, with, by
A poetic particle meaning "in," "with," "by."
Where else “bemo” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- be burnedתִכָּוֶהtikave
scorch, burn
To burn, to scorch; to leave the skin blistered by fire.
Where else “tikave” appears- and the flameלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- burnתִבְעַרtivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tivar” appears
The context
1And now, thus says YHWH, who created you, Jacob, and who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.
2 · This verse (above)
3For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given as your ransom Egypt, Cush and Seba in your place.