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who saysהָאֹמֵרof Cyrus,לְכוֹרֶשׁ‘My shepherd,רֹעִיand allוְכָלmy desireחֶפְצִיhe will fulfill,’יַשְׁלִםsayingוְלֵאמֹרof Jerusalem,לִירוּשָׁלִַם‘She will be rebuilt,’תִּבָּנֶהand of the temple,וְהֵיכָל‘Your foundation will be laid.’”תִּוָּסֵד
Isaiah 44:28
Study it in the app“who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd, and all my desire he will fulfill,’ saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:28, word by word
- who saysאֹמֵרomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omer” appears- of Cyrusכוֹרֶשׁchoresh
Cyrus
Cyrus: king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed the exiles of Judah to return to their land and rebuild the house of God.
Where else “choresh” appears- ‘My shepherdרֹעִroi
shepherd
Shepherd, one who tends the flock.
Where else “roi” appears- my desireחֶפְצִcheftsi
desire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “cheftsi” appears- he will fulfill,’יַשְׁלִםyashlim
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yashlim” appears- of Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- ‘She will be rebuilt,’תִּבָּנֶהtibane
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tibane” appears- and of the templeהֵיכָלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears- ‘Your foundation will be laid.’תִּוָּסֵדtivased
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “tivased” appears
Translation note
Cyrus, king of Persia, allowed the Jews to return from Babylon and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-4).
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
27who says to the deep, ‘Be dry, and your rivers I will dry up’;
28 · This verse (above)