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And I,וְאָנֹכִיtheir worksמַעֲשֵׂיהֶםand their thoughts—וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶםthe time is comingבָּאָהto gatherלְקַבֵּץallאֶת כָּלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםand tongues;וְהַלְּשֹׁנוֹתand they will comeוּבָאוּand seeוְרָאוּmy glory.אֶת כְּבוֹדִי
Isaiah 66:18
Study it in the app“And I, their works and their thoughts— the time is coming to gather all the nations and tongues; and they will come and see my glory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 66:18, word by word
- their worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- and their thoughts—מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיmachshvote
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvote” appears- the time is comingבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears- to gatherקַבֵּץkabets
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kabets” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and tonguesלְּשֹׁנוֹתleshonot
language
The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.
Where else “leshonot” appears- and seeרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- my gloryכְּבוֹדִkevodi
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevodi” appears
Translation note
The first sentence is incomplete in Hebrew; it can be understood as “I know their works and their thoughts.”
The context
17“Those who consecrate themselves and purify themselves for the gardens, after one in the middle, who eat the flesh of pigs and the detestable thing and the mouse, will come to an end together, declares YHWH.
18 · This verse (above)
19And I will set among them a sign, and I will send from them those who escaped to the nations: Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, Tubal and Javan, the distant coastlands that have not heard my fame nor seen my glory; and they will declare my glory among the nations.