ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand his Former:וְיֹצְרוֹ“Ask meשְׁאָלוּנִיabout the things that are coming;הָאֹתִיּוֹתconcerning my sonsעַל בָּנַיand concerning the workוְעַל פֹּעַלof my handsיָדַיwill you command me?תְּצַוֻּנִי
Isaiah 45:11
Study it in the app“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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and his Formerיֹצְרyotsr
mold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “yotsr” appears- “Ask meשְׁאָלוּshealu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “shealu” appears- about the things that are comingאֹתִיּוֹתotiyot
come
To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.
Where else “otiyot” appears- concerning my sonsבָּנַbana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appears- and concerning the workפֹּעַלpoal
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “poal” appears- of my handsיָדַyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- will you command meתְּצַוֻּtetsavu
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tetsavu” appears
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.