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Isaiah 45:19

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For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.	I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.	Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I have not spoken^H1696 in secret^H5643, in a dark^H2822 place^H4725 of the earth^H776: I said^H559 not unto the seed^H2233 of Jacob^H3290, Seek^H1245 ye me in vain^H8414: I the LORD^H3068 speak^H1696 righteousness^H6664, I declare^H5046 things that are right^H4339.

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Original Hebrew

לֹא בַסֵּתֶר דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּמְקֹום אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא אָמַרְתִּי לְזֶרַע יַעֲקֹב תֹּהוּ בַקְּשׁוּנִי אֲנִי יְהוָה דֹּבֵר צֶדֶק מַגִּיד מֵישָׁרִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹ֧א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
בַ/סֵּ֣תֶר	va./Se.ter	H5643	HRd/Ncmsa	in (the)/ secrecy
דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	H1696	HVpp1cs	I spoke
בִּ/מְקוֹם֙	bi/m.kOm	H4725	HR/Ncmsc	in/ a place of
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	H776	HNcbsc	a land of
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ	Cho.shekh	H2822	HNcmsa	darkness
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אָמַ֛רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	H559	HVqp1cs	I said
לְ/זֶ֥רַע	le./Ze.ra'	H2233	HR/Ncmsc	to/ (the) offspring of
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
תֹּ֣הוּ	To.hu	H8414	HNcmsa	emptiness
בַקְּשׁ֑וּ/נִי	va.ke.Shu./ni	H1245	HVpv2mp/Sp1cs	seek/ me
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
דֹּבֵ֣ר	do.Ver	H1696	HVqrmsa	(am) speaking
צֶ֔דֶק	Tze.dek	H6664	HNcmsa	righteousness
מַגִּ֖יד	ma.Gid	H5046	HVhrmsa	(I am) declaring
מֵישָׁרִֽים	mei.sha.Rim	H4339	HNcmpa	uprightness(es)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H4339 — מֵישָׁר (mêyshâr, may-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially); agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
• H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from קוּם; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
• H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
• H5643 — סֵתֶר (çêther, say'-ther): or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from סָתַר; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense); backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
• H6664 — צֶדֶק (tsedeq, tseh'-dek): from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
• H8414 — תֹּהוּ (tôhûw, to'-hoo): from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Seek — 1 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Ezra 8:22, Psalms 24:6, Psalms 69:13, Psalms 69:32, Proverbs 15:8, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 55:6-7, Isaiah 58:1-3, Jeremiah 29:13, Amos 5:4, Malachi 3:13-14, Matthew 15:8-9, James 4:3
• speak righteousness — Numbers 23:19-20, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 9:10, Psalms 12:6, Psalms 19:7-10, Psalms 111:7-8, Psalms 119:137-138, Proverbs 8:6, Proverbs 30:5, Isaiah 63:1
• spoken — Deuteronomy 29:29, Deuteronomy 30:11-14, Proverbs 1:21, Proverbs 8:1-4, Isaiah 43:9-10, Isaiah 48:16, John 7:26, John 7:28, John 7:37-39, John 18:20, Acts 2:4-8

Reciprocal references (19): Deuteronomy 32:47, 1 Chronicles 16:10, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 7:14, 2 Chronicles 12:14, 2 Chronicles 15:15, Job 21:15, Psalms 27:8, Psalms 36:6, Psalms 105:3, Proverbs 8:17, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 51:1, Jeremiah 29:14, Jeremiah 50:4, Luke 11:9, Acts 10:4, Romans 2:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
• Torrey’s: SEEKING GOD
• Nave’s: GOD, ISAIAH, SEEKERS, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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