Stand silent before Me, coastlands,And let nations renew their strength.arenew their strength Connection of Heb. uncertain. Let them approach to state their case;Let us come forward together for argument.
Who has roused a victorbvictor Lit. “victory.” from the East,Summoned him to God’s service?Has delivered up nations to him,And trodden sovereigns down?Has rendered theirctheir Heb. “his.” swords like dust,Theirdtheir Heb. “his.” bows like wind-blown straw?
Word-by-Word Analysis
מי
50
העיר
285
ממזרח
295
צדק
194
יקראהו
322
לרגלו
269
יתן
460
לפניו
176
גוים
59
ומלכים
146
ירד
214
יתן
460
כעפר
370
חרבו
216
כקש
420
נדף
134
קשתו
806
Isaiah 41:3
Gematria: 1508
ירדפםיעבורשלוםארחברגליולאיבוא
He pursues them, he goes on unscathed;No shackleeshackle ʼrḥ has this meaning in Old Aramaic. is placed on his feet.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ירדפם
334
יעבור
288
שלום
376
ארח
209
ברגליו
251
לא
31
יבוא
19
Isaiah 41:4
Gematria: 3501
מיפעלועשהקראהדרותמראשאנייהוהראשוןואתאחרניםאניהוא
Who has wrought and achieved this?The One who announced the generations from the start—I, GOD, who was firstAnd will be with the last as well.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מיפעל
230
ועשה
381
קרא
301
הדרות
615
מראש
541
אני
61
יהוה
26
ראשון
557
ואתאחרנים
716
אניהוא
73
Isaiah 41:5
Gematria: 2402
ראואייםויראוקצותהארץיחרדוקרבוויאתיון
The coastlands look on in fear,The ends of earth tremble.The craftsmenfThe craftsmen Heb. “They.” draw near and come;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ראו
207
איים
61
ויראו
223
קצות
596
הארץ
296
יחרדו
228
קרבו
308
ויאתיון
483
Isaiah 41:6
Gematria: 1713
אישאתרעהויעזרוולאחיויאמרחזק
Each one helps the other,Saying to his fellow, “Take courage!”
The woodworker encourages the smith;He who flattens with the hammer[Encourages] him who pounds the anvil.He says of the riveting, “It is good!”And he fixes it with nails,That it may not topple.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויחזק
131
חרש
508
אתצרף
771
מחליק
188
פטיש
399
אתהולם
482
פעם
190
אמר
241
לדבק
136
טוב
17
הוא
12
ויחזקהו
142
במסמרים
392
לא
31
ימוטס
125
Isaiah 41:8
Gematria: 2905
ואתהישראלעבדייעקבאשרבחרתיךזרעאברהםאהבי
But you, Israel, My servant,Jacob, whom I have chosen,Seed of Abraham My friend—
You shall winnow themAnd the wind shall carry them off;The whirlwind shall scatter them.But you shall rejoice in GOD,And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and the needySeek water,hSeek water On the homeward march through the desert. and there is none;Their tongue is parched with thirst.I GOD will respond to them.I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Let them approachjapproach Taking yaggishu intransitively; cf. hiqriv in Exod. 14.10. and tell us what will happen.Tell us what has occurred,koccurred I.e., former prophecies by your gods that have been fulfilled. And we will take note of it;Or announce to us what will occur,That we may know the outcome.
Foretell what is yet to happen,That we may know that you are gods!Do anything, good or bad,That we may be awed and see.lsee Change of vocalization yields “fear”; cf. v. 10.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הגידו
28
האתיות
822
לאחור
245
ונדעה
135
כי
30
אלהים
86
אתם
441
אףתיטיבו
518
ותרעו
682
ונשתעה
831
ונרא
257
ונראה
262
יחדו
28
Isaiah 41:24
Gematria: 1879
הןאתםמאיןופעלכםמאפעתועבהיבחרבכםפ
Why, you are less than nothing,Your effect is less than nullity;One who chooses you is an abomination.
I have roused him from the north, and he has come,From the sunrise, one who invokes My name;And he has trampled rulers like mud,Like a potter treading clay.
Who foretold this from the start, that we may note it;From aforetime, that we might say, “You aremYou are Heb. “He is.” right”?Not one foretold, not one announced;No one has heard your utterance!
Word-by-Word Analysis
מיהגיד
72
מראש
541
ונדעה
135
ומלפנים
256
ונאמר
297
צדיק
204
אף
81
איןמגיד
118
אף
81
אין
61
משמיע
460
אף
81
איןשמע
471
אמריכם
311
Isaiah 41:27
Gematria: 2513
ראשוןלציוןהנההנםולירושלםמבשראתן
The things once predicted to Zion—Behold, here they are!nThe things … here they are Meaning of Heb. uncertain. And again I send a herald to Jerusalem.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ראשון
557
לציון
186
הנה
60
הנם
95
ולירושלם
622
מבשר
542
אתן
451
Isaiah 41:28
Gematria: 1829
ואראואיןאישומאלהואיןיועץואשאלםוישיבודבר
But I look and there is no one;othere is no one Participating in the proposed legal contest; see v. 21. Not one of them can predictOr can respond when I question them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וארא
208
ואין
67
איש
311
ומאלה
82
ואין
67
יועץ
176
ואשאלם
378
וישיבו
334
דבר
206
Isaiah 41:29
Gematria: 1704
הןכלםאוןאפסמעשיהםרוחותהונסכיהםפ
See, they are all nothingness,Their works are nullity,Their statues are naught and nil.