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I declared itוָאַגִּידto youלְךָlong ago;מֵאָזbeforeבְּטֶרֶםit cameתָּבוֹאI made you hear it,הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָlestפֶּןyou should say,תֹּאמַר‘My idolעָצְבִּיdid them,עָשָׂםand my carved imageוּפִסְלִיand my cast imageוְנִסְכִּיcommanded them.’צִוָּם
Isaiah 48:5
Study it in the app“I declared it to you long ago; before it came I made you hear it, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, and my carved image and my cast image commanded them.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:5, word by word
- I declared itאַגִּידagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “agid” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- it cameתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- I made you hear itהִשְׁמַעְתִּיhishmati
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hishmati” appears- you should sayתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- ‘My idolעָצְבִּatsbi
idol
A carved or cast image worshiped as a god.
Where else “atsbi” appears- did themעָשָׂasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- and my carved imageפִסְלִfisli
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “fisli” appears- and my cast imageנִסְכִּniski
cast image
A metal idol.
Where else “niski” appears- commanded them.’צִוָּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
4Because I knew that you are hard, and your neck is a sinew of iron, and your forehead bronze,
5 · This verse (above)
6You have heard; see all of it; and you, will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from now on, and things kept in store, and you did not know them.