soכֵּןwill beיִהְיֶהmy wordדְבָרִיthatאֲשֶׁרgoes outיֵצֵאfrom my mouth;מִפִּיit will notלֹאreturnיָשׁוּבto meאֵלַיempty,רֵיקָםbutכִּי אִםit will doעָשָׂהwhatאֶת אֲשֶׁרpleases me,חָפַצְתִּיand it will prosperוְהִצְלִיחַin that for whichאֲשֶׁרI sent it.שְׁלַחְתִּיו
Isaiah 55:11
Study it in the app“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.”
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
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- and it will prosperהִצְלִיחַhitsliach
prosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “hitsliach” appears- I sent itשְׁלַחְתִּיshelachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachti” appears
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.