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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִה“To Egyptמִצְרַיִםmy peopleעַמִּיwent downיָרַדat the firstבָרִאשֹׁנָהto reside as aliensלָגוּרthere;שָׁםand Assyriaוְאַשּׁוּרoppressed themעֲשָׁקוֹwithout cause.בְּאֶפֶס
Isaiah 52:4
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: “To Egypt my people went down at the first to reside as aliens there; and Assyria oppressed them without cause.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 52:4, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- “To Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- went downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- at the firstרִאשֹׁנָהrishona
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishona” appears- to reside as aliensגוּרgur
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gur” appears- and Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- oppressed themעֲשָׁקashak
oppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “ashak” appears- without causeאֶפֶסefes
nothing
Nothing, no one; without.
Where else “efes” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
3For thus says YHWH: “For nothing you were sold, and not with silver will you be redeemed.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And now, what do I have here, declares YHWH, since my people have been taken for nothing? Their rulers howl, declares YHWH, and continually, all the day, my name is despised.