Isaiah 45:11

“Thus says YHWH, the Holy One of Israel and his Former: “Ask me about the things that are coming; concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands will you command me?”

Isaiah 45:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 45:11, 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
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.

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and his Formerיֹצְרyotsr

mold

To mold, as God molded man from dust.

Where else “yotsr” appears
“Ask meשְׁאָלוּshealu

ask

To ask a question.

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about the things that are comingאֹתִיּוֹתotiyot

come

To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.

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concerning my sonsבָּנַbana

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and concerning the workפֹּעַלpoal

deed

What someone does; what God accomplishes.

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of my handsיָדַyada

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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will you command meתְּצַוֻּtetsavu

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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The context

10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’ or to a woman, ‘What are you giving birth to?’

11 · This verse (above)

12I made the earth, and human beings on it I created; I, my hands stretched out the heavens, and all their army I commanded.

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