Isaiah 29:16
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
הֹפֶךְ
hôphek
an upset, i.e. (abstract) perversity
נָבֵל
nâbêl
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
חֹמֶר
chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יֵצֶר
yêtser
a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יֵצֶר
yêtser
a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Key Terms in This Verse
נָבֵל nâbêl
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
Study H5034 →יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →חֹמֶר chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
Study H2563 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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