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But you,וְאַתֶּםwho forsakeעֹזְבֵיYHWH,יְהוָהwho forgetהַשְּׁכֵחִיםmy holy mountain,אֶת הַר קָדְשִׁיwho setהַעֹרְכִיםa tableשֻׁלְחָןfor Gad,לַגַּדand who fillוְהַמְמַלְאִיםmixed wineמִמְסָךְfor Meni,לַמְנִי
Isaiah 65:11
Study it in the app“But you, who forsake YHWH, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Gad, and who fill mixed wine for Meni,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 65:11, word by word
- who forsakeעֹזְבֵיozve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozve” 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- who forgetשְּׁכֵחִיםshechechim
forgetting
One who forgets, forgetful: one who no longer keeps someone or something in mind.
Where else “shechechim” appears- my holy mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- my holy mountainקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- who setעֹרְכִיםorchim
arrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “orchim” appears- a tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- for Gadגַּדgad
Gad (Fortune)
Gad: a god of good fortune (Isaiah 65:11).
Where else “gad” appears- and who fillמְמַלְאִיםmemalim
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “memalim” appears- mixed wineמִמְסָךְmimsach
mixed wine
Wine mixed with water or with spices.
Where else “mimsach” appears- for Meniמְנִיmeni
Meni (Destiny)
Meni: a god of destiny (Isaiah 65:11).
Where else “meni” appears
Translation note
Gad and Meni were gods of good fortune and of destiny.
The context
10And Sharon will become an abode for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for cattle, for my people who have sought me.
11 · This verse (above)
12I will destine you to the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter; because I called, and you did not answer; I spoke, and you did not listen; and you did what was evil in my eyes, and you chose what I did not delight in.”