Isaiah 51:13
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
תָּמִיד
tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
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...
חֵמָה
chêmâh
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
נָגַשׂ
nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
חֵמָה
chêmâh
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
נָגַשׂ
nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →נָגַשׂ nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Study H5065 →נָגַשׂ nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Study H5065 →נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →תָּמִיד tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
Study H8548 →Cross References
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time...
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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:...
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These...
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit...
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily ...
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
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