So thatאֲשֶׁרwhoever blesses himselfהַמִּתְבָּרֵךְin the landבָּאָרֶץwill bless himselfיִתְבָּרֵךְby the Elohimבֵּאלֹהֵיof Amen,אָמֵןand whoever swearsוְהַנִּשְׁבָּעin the landבָּאָרֶץwill swearיִשָּׁבַעby the Elohimבֵּאלֹהֵיof Amen;אָמֵןforכִּיthe formerהָרִאשֹׁנוֹתdistressesהַצָּרוֹתhave been forgotten,נִשְׁכְּחוּandוְbecauseכִיthey have been hiddenנִסְתְּרוּfrom my eyes.מֵעֵינָי
Isaiah 65:16
Study it in the app“So that whoever blesses himself in the land will bless himself by the Elohim of Amen, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the Elohim of Amen; for the former distresses have been forgotten, and because they have been hidden from my eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 65:16, word by word
- whoever blesses himselfמִּתְבָּרֵךְmitbarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “mitbarech” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- by the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- of Amenאָמֵןamen
amen
Amen: "so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.
Where else “amen” appears- and whoever swearsנִּשְׁבָּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- the formerרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonot” appears- distressesצָּרוֹתtsarot
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsarot” appears- have been forgottenנִשְׁכְּחוּnishkchu
forget
Forget.
Where else “nishkchu” appears- they have been hiddenנִסְתְּרוּnistru
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistru” appears- from my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears
Translation note
“Amen”: what is firm, what is true. Revelation 3:14 calls Jesus “the Amen.”
The context
15And you will leave your name as an oath to my chosen ones: ‘So may Adonai YHWH put you to death!’ but his servants he will call by another name.
16 · This verse (above)
17For look, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor rise in the heart.