Isaiah 55:2

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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do ye

כָּלָה

kâlâh

H3615

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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for that which is not

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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and your

עָמָל

ʻâmâl

H5999

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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for that which

שָׂבַע

sâbaʻ

H7646

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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not

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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unto me and

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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ye that which is

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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and

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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your

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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חָפֵץ

châphêts

H2654

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

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זֶה

zeh

H2088

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

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in

מַשְׁמָן

mashmân

H4924

fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

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Key Terms in This Verse

satisfieth H7646

שָׂבַע sâbaʻ

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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spend H3615

כָּלָה kâlâh

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

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fatness H4924

מַשְׁמָן mashmân

fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

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diligently H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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itself H2088

זֶה zeh

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

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delight H2654

חָפֵץ châphêts

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

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labour H5999

עָמָל ʻâmâl

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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money H3701

כֶּסֶף keçeph

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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hearken H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:13 cross-reference

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Psalm 22:26 cross-reference

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psalm 36:8 cross-reference

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Hebrews 13:9 cross-reference

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Jeremiah 31:14 cross-reference

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 51:7 cross-reference

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Habakkuk 2:13 cross-reference

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

Mark 7:14 cross-reference

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

Hosea 8:7 cross-reference

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

Isaiah 51:1 cross-reference

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Matthew 22:4 cross-reference

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Psalm 63:5 cross-reference

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

Psalm 34:11 cross-reference

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 51:4 cross-reference

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

Matthew 15:9 cross-reference

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Romans 9:31 cross-reference

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Proverbs 9:5 cross-reference

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Isaiah 1:19 cross-reference

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Luke 15:23 cross-reference

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Hosea 12:1 cross-reference

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Isaiah 46:6 cross-reference

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Romans 10:17 cross-reference

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Deuteronomy 11:13 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Exodus 15:26 cross-reference

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put n...

Proverbs 8:32 cross-reference

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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