Isaiah 49:18

“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.”

Isaiah 49:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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