I will destineוּמָנִיתִיyouאֶתְכֶםto the sword,לַחֶרֶבand all of youוְכֻלְּכֶםwill bow downתִּכְרָעוּto the slaughter;לַטֶּבַחbecauseיַעַןI called,קָרָאתִיand you did notוְלֹאanswer;עֲנִיתֶםI spoke,דִּבַּרְתִּיand you did notוְלֹאlisten;שְׁמַעְתֶּםand you didוַתַּעֲשׂוּwhat was evilהָרַעin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיand you choseבְּחַרְתֶּםwhatוּבַאֲשֶׁרI did notלֹאdelight in.”חָפַצְתִּי
Isaiah 65:12
Study it in the app“I 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 65:12, word by word
- I will destineמָנִיתִיmaniti
assign
To appoint or assign something to someone: God appointed a fish, or the king assigned the food.
Where else “maniti” appears- to the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- will bow downתִּכְרָעוּtichrau
crouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “tichrau” appears- to the slaughterטֶּבַחtevach
slaughter
The act of slaughtering, or the place where it is done.
Where else “tevach” appears- I calledקָרָאתִיkarati
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appears- answerעֲנִיתֶםanitem
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “anitem” appears- I spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- listenשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shematem” appears- and you didתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- what was evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in my eyesעֵינַena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears- and you choseבְּחַרְתֶּםbechartem
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bechartem” appears- delight inחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafatsti” appears
Translation note
“I will destine” (maniti) plays on the name of Meni (65:11).
The context
11But you, who forsake YHWH, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Gad, and who fill mixed wine for Meni,
12 · This verse (above)
13Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; look, my servants will be glad, but you will be put to shame;