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They do notלֹאknow,יָדְעוּnorוְלֹאunderstand,יָבִינוּforכִּיhe has smeared overטַחtheir eyes,עֵינֵיהֶםso that they cannot see,מֵרְאוֹתtheir hearts,לִבֹּתָםso that they cannot have insight.מֵהַשְׂכִּיל
Isaiah 44:18
Study it in the app“They do not know, nor understand, for he has smeared over their eyes, so that they cannot see, their hearts, so that they cannot have insight.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:18, word by word
- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- understandיָבִינוּyavinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavinu” appears- he has smeared overטַחtach
smear over
To cover with a coat, so that nothing is seen or understood.
Where else “tach” appears- their eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- so that they cannot seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- their heartsלִבֹּתָlibota
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libota” appears- so that they cannot have insightהַשְׂכִּילhaskil
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskil” appears
The context
17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his carved image; he falls down before it and bows down and prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”
18 · This verse (above)
19And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?”