Gather,הִקָּבְצוּall of you,כֻלְּכֶםand hear:וּשֲׁמָעוּwhoמִיamong themבָהֶםhas declaredהִגִּידthese things?אֶת אֵלֶּהYHWHיְהוָהloves him;אֲהֵבוֹhe will doיַעֲשֶׂהhis desireחֶפְצוֹon Babylon,בְּבָבֶלand his armוּזְרֹעוֹwill be against the Chaldeans.כַּשְׂדִּים
Isaiah 48:14
Study it in the app“Gather, all of you, and hear: who among them has declared these things? YHWH loves him; he will do his desire on Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:14, word by word
- Gatherהִקָּבְצוּhikavtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “hikavtsu” appears- and hearשֲׁמָעוּshamau
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamau” appears- has declaredהִגִּידhigid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “higid” 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- loves himאֲהֵבahev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” appears- he will doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- his desireחֶפְצchefts
desire
What one wants, or what God intends.
Where else “chefts” appears- on Babylonבָבֶלvavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appears- and his armזְרֹעzero
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zero” appears- will be against the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim
Chaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
13Also my hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; I call to them, they stand together.
14 · This verse (above)
15I, I have spoken; also I have called him; I have brought him, and his way will prosper.