And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Surelyאַךְthey areהֵמָּהmy people,עַמִּיchildrenבָּנִיםwho will notלֹאlie”;יְשַׁקֵּרוּand he becameוַיְהִיfor themלָהֶםa Savior.לְמוֹשִׁיעַ
Isaiah 63:8
Study it in the app“And he said, “Surely they are my people, children who will not lie”; and he became for them a Savior.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 63:8, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- lieיְשַׁקֵּרוּyeshakeru
deal falsely
Deal falsely, deceive; break one's word.
Where else “yeshakeru” appears- and he becameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- a Saviorמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears
The context
7The acts of loyal love of YHWH I will recount, the praises of YHWH, according to all that YHWH has done for us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has done for them according to his compassion and according to the abundance of his acts of loyal love.
8 · This verse (above)
9In all their distress there was distress to him, and the angel of his face saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.