I was angryקָצַפְתִּיwithעַלmy people,עַמִּיI profanedחִלַּלְתִּיmy inheritance,נַחֲלָתִיand I gave themוָאֶתְּנֵםinto your hand;בְּיָדֵךְyou showedשַׂמְתְּthemלָהֶםnoלֹאcompassion;רַחֲמִיםonעַלthe old manזָקֵןyou madeהִכְבַּדְתְּyour yokeעֻלֵּךְveryמְאֹדheavy.הִכְבַּדְתְּ
Isaiah 47:6
Study it in the app“I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand; you showed them no compassion; on the old man you made your yoke very heavy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 47:6, word by word
- I was angryקָצַפְתִּיkatsafti
be angry
Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.
Where else “katsafti” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- I profanedחִלַּלְתִּיchilalti
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chilalti” appears- my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalati” appears- and I gave themאֶתְּנֵetne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “etne” appears- into your handיָדֵyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears- you showedשַׂמְתְּsamt
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samt” appears- compassionרַחֲמִיםrachamim
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachamim” appears- the old manזָקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- you madeהִכְבַּדְתְּhichbadt
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “hichbadt” appears- your yokeעֻלֵּule
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ule” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
5“Sit in silence, and go into the darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for they will not again call you lady of kingdoms.
6 · This verse (above)
7And you said, ‘Forever I will be lady,’ to the point of not laying these things on your heart; you did not remember its end.