Isaiah 48:20

“Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of joyful shouting declare, make this heard, send it out to the end of the earth; say, “YHWH has redeemed his servant Jacob.””

Isaiah 48:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 48:20, word by word

Go outצְאוּtseu

go out

To go out of a place.

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from Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

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fleeבִּרְחוּbirchu

flee

To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.

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from the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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with a voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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of joyful shoutingרִנָּהrina

joyful shout

Glad cries or songs.

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declareהַגִּידוּhagidu

declare

To announce what God does or will do.

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makeהַשְׁמִיעוּhashmiu

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

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the endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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sayאִמְרוּimru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“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.

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has redeemedגָּאַלgaal

redeem

To buy back a relative or their land.

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his servantעַבְדּavd

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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Places in this verse

Babylon
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

The context

19and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the offshoots of your inward parts like its grains; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.”

20 · This verse (above)

21And they did not thirst when he led them through the desolate places; water from the rock he made flow for them; and he split the rock, and the water flowed.

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