Isaiah 50:2
Old Testament • 25 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
גָּאַל
gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
דָּגָה
dâgâh
{a fish (often used collectively)}
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
צָמָא
tsâmâʼ
thirst (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →גָּאַל gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Study H1350 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →Cross References
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, ...
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be ma...
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able t...
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did ch...
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well:...
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve...
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
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