Isaiah 57:13

“When you cry out, let your collections of idols deliver you; and all of them the wind will carry off, a vapor will take them; but whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land, and will possess my holy mountain.””

Isaiah 57:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 57:13, word by word

When you cry outזַעֲקֵzaake

cry out

To shout for help, above all to YHWH.

Where else “zaake” appears
let your collections of idolsקִבּוּצַיִkibutsayi

gathering, collection

A gathering, a company brought together.

Where else “kibutsayi” appears
deliver youיַצִּילֻyatsilu

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

Where else “yatsilu” appears
the windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
will carry offיִשָּׂאyisa

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “yisa” appears
a vaporהָבֶלhavel

vapor

A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.

Where else “havel” appears
will take themיִקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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but whoever takes refugeחוֹסֶהchose

take refuge

Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.

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will inheritיִנְחַלyinchal

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

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the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and will possessיִירַשׁyirash

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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my holy mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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my holy mountainקָדְשִׁkadshi

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

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The context

12I will declare your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

13 · This verse (above)

14And he will say, “Level, level, clear the way; remove the stumbling block from the way of my people.”

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