Lift upשְׂאִיyour eyesעֵינַיִךְall aroundסָבִיבand see:וּרְאִיall of themכֻּלָּםgather,נִקְבְּצוּthey comeבָאוּto you.לָךְAs I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהsurelyכִּיyou will clothe yourselfתִלְבָּשִׁיwith all of themכֻלָּםas with an ornament,כָּעֲדִיand bind them onוּתְקַשְּׁרִיםlike a bride.כַּכַּלָּה
Isaiah 49:18
Study it in the app“Lift up your eyes all around and see: all of them gather, they come to you. As I live, declares YHWH, surely you will clothe yourself with all of them as with an ornament, and bind them on like a bride.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 49:18, word by word
- Lift upשְׂאִיsei
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sei” appears- your eyesעֵינַיִenayi
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayi” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and seeרְאִיrei
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rei” appears- gatherנִקְבְּצוּnikbtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “nikbtsu” appears- they comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- As I liveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- you will clothe yourselfתִלְבָּשִׁיtilbashi
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “tilbashi” appears- as with an ornamentעֲדִיadi
ornaments
Ornaments, jewelry worn on the body.
Where else “adi” appears- and bind them onתְקַשְּׁרִיtekashri
bind
To knot something fast; or be joined to another.
Where else “tekashri” appears- like a brideכַּלָּהkala
bride
A woman newly married.
Where else “kala” appears
The context
17Your children hurry; those who tear you down and those who lay you waste will go out from you.
18 · This verse (above)
19For your ruins and your desolate places and the land of your destruction surely now will be too narrow for the inhabitant, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.