Isaiah 57:15

“For thus says the High and Lifted Up One, who inhabits eternity, and Holy is his name: “In the high and holy place I dwell, and with the crushed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the crushed.”

Isaiah 57:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 57:15, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

Where else “amar” appears
the Highרָםram

be high

To be up above, raised in honor.

Where else “ram” appears
and Lifted Up Oneנִשָּׂאnisa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “nisa” appears
who inhabitsשֹׁכֵןshochen

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “shochen” appears
eternityעַדad

forever

Time that does not end, without limit of years.

Where else “ad” appears
and Holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh

Holy One

God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.

Where else “kadosh” appears
is his nameשְׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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“In the highמָרוֹםmarom

height

What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.

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and with the crushedדַּכָּאdaka

crushed

Broken within, humbled.

Where else “daka” appears
and lowlyשְׁפַלshefal

humble

Modest in spirit.

Where else “shefal” appears
of spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

Where else “ruach” appears
to reviveהַחֲיוֹתhachayot

keep alive

To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.

Where else “hachayot” appears
the heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears
of the crushedנִדְכָּאִיםnidkaim

humble oneself

To have one's pride broken and own one's smallness.

Where else “nidkaim” appears

The context

14And he will say, “Level, level, clear the way; remove the stumbling block from the way of my people.”

15 · This verse (above)

16For not forever will I contend, nor forever will I be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breaths that I made.

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