Isaiah 48:1
“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—This verse in the real world
In what words
- אֶמֶתʼemethstability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻto seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- זָכַרzâkarproperly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention;
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- קָרָאqârâʼto call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhJehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the firs
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 4:2, Psa 68:26, Deu 6:13, Isa 1:10–14, Mat 15:8–9, Isa 65:16, Gen 32:28, Jer 5:2