Isaiah 65:8

“Thus says YHWH: “As when the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it,’ so I will do for the sake of my servants, so as not to destroy everything.”

Isaiah 65:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 65:8, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtirosh

new wine

New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.

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is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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in the clusterאֶשְׁכּוֹלeshkol

cluster

Cluster of grapes or other fruit.

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destroy itתַּשְׁחִיתֵtashchite

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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a blessingבְרָכָהveracha

blessing

The good God gives, or words asking for it.

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I will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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my servantsעֲבָדַavada

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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The context

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.”

8 · This verse (above)

9And I will bring forth from Jacob offspring, and from Judah an heir of my mountains; and my chosen ones will possess it, and my servants will dwell there.

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