Isaiah 55:11

“so will be my word that goes out from my mouth; it will not return to me empty, but it will do what pleases me, and it will prosper in that for which I sent it.”

Isaiah 55:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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God compares his word to rain: it does not return emptyFaithfulnessLike the rain, his word does not return empty: it does what God wantsThe Word of God

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Isaiah 55:11, word by word

will beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
my wordדְבָרִdevari

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devari” appears
goes outיֵצֵאyetse

spring up

To spring up, be born, come from something.

Where else “yetse” appears
from my mouthפִּpi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “pi” appears
returnיָשׁוּבyashuv

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “yashuv” appears
emptyרֵיקָםrekam

empty-handed

With nothing: return bringing nothing.

Where else “rekam” appears
it will doעָשָׂהasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asa” appears
pleases meחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti

delight in

To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.

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and it will prosperהִצְלִיחַhitsliach

prosper

To go well, thrive.

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I sent itשְׁלַחְתִּיshelachti

send

To send someone or something.

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The context

10For as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return there, but water the earth and make it give birth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

11 · This verse (above)

12For with gladness you will go out, and in peace you will be led; the mountains and the hills will break forth before you into joyful shouting, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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