“As for me,וַאֲנִיthis isזֹאתmy covenantבְּרִיתִיwith them,אוֹתָםsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהmy spiritרוּחִיthat isאֲשֶׁרupon you,עָלֶיךָand my wordsוּדְבָרַיthatאֲשֶׁרI have putשַׂמְתִּיin your mouth,בְּפִיךָwill not departלֹא יָמוּשׁוּfrom your mouth,מִפִּיךָor from the mouthוּמִפִּיof your offspring,זַרְעֲךָor from the mouthוּמִפִּיof the offspringזֶרַעof your offspring,זַרְעֲךָsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהfrom nowמֵעַתָּהand forever.”וְעַד עוֹלָם
Isaiah 59:21
Study it in the app““As for me, this is my covenant with them, says YHWH: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your offspring, or from the mouth of the offspring of your offspring, says YHWH, from now and forever.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:21, word by word
- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- my spiritרוּחִruchi
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruchi” appears- and my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears- I have putשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- in your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- will not departיָמוּשׁוּyamushu
depart
To shift from its place.
Where else “yamushu” appears- of your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- and foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
Translation note
On “spirit” in lowercase, see the note on 11:2.
The context
20“And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares YHWH.
21 · This verse (above)