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Look,הִנֵּהit is writtenכְתוּבָהbefore me:לְפָנָיI will notלֹאkeep silent,אֶחֱשֶׂהbutכִּי אִםI will repay;שִׁלַּמְתִּיand I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּיinto their bosomעַל חֵיקָם
Isaiah 65:6
Study it in the app“Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; and I will repay into their bosom”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 65:6, word by word
- it is writtenכְתוּבָהchetuva
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chetuva” appears- before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- keep silentאֶחֱשֶׂהechese
be silent, be still
Be silent, keep still without doing anything.
Where else “echese” appears- I will repayשִׁלַּמְתִּיshilamti
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shilamti” appears- into their bosomחֵיקָcheka
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “cheka” appears
The context
5who say, ‘Stay by yourself, do not come near me, for I am holy to you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
6 · This verse (above)
7your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together, says YHWH, who burned incense on the mountains and on the hills taunted me; and I will measure their wages first into their bosom.”