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Isaiah 50:2

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Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.	Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.	I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore, when I came^H935, was there no man^H376? when I called^H7121, was there none to answer^H6030? Is my hand^H3027 shortened^H7114 at all^H7114, that it cannot redeem^H6304? or have I no power^H3581 to deliver^H5337? behold, at my rebuke^H1606 I dry up^H2717 the sea^H3220, I make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 a wilderness^H4057: their fish^H1710 stinketh^H887, because there is no water^H4325, and dieth^H4191 for thirst^H6772.

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Original Hebrew

מַדּוּעַ בָּאתִי וְאֵין אִישׁ קָרָאתִי וְאֵין עֹונֶה הֲקָצֹור קָצְרָה יָדִי מִפְּדוּת וְאִם־אֵין־בִּי כֹחַ לְהַצִּיל הֵן בְּגַעֲרָתִי אַחֲרִיב יָם אָשִׂים נְהָרֹות מִדְבָּר תִּבְאַשׁ דְּגָתָם מֵאֵין מַיִם וְתָמֹת בַּצָּמָא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַדּ֨וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	H4069	HTi	why?
בָּ֜אתִי	Ba.ti	H935	HVqp1cs	did I come
וְ/אֵ֣ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
אִ֗ישׁ	'Ish	H376	HNcmsa	(was) anyone
קָרָֽאתִי֮	ka.ra.Ti	H7121	HVqp1cs	did I call?
וְ/אֵ֣ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
עוֹנֶה֒	o.Neh	H6030	HVqrmsa	(was one who) answered
הֲ/קָצ֨וֹר	ha./ka.Tzor	H7114	HTi/Vqa	¿/ really (to be short)
קָצְרָ֤ה	ka.tze.Rah	H7114	HVqp3fs	was it (too) short
יָדִ/י֙	ya.D/i	H3027	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	hand/ my
מִ/פְּד֔וּת	mi./pe.Dut	H6304	HR/Ncfsa	for/ ransom
וְ/אִם	ve./'im-	H518	HC/C	and/ or?
אֵֽין	'ein-	H369	HTn	(was) there not
בִּ֥/י	b/i		HR/Sp1cs	in (the)/ me
כֹ֖חַ	Kho.ach	H3581	HNcmsa	strength
לְ/הַצִּ֑יל	le./ha.Tzil	H5337	HR/Vhc	to/ deliver
הֵ֣ן	hen	H2005	HTm	here!
בְּ/גַעֲרָתִ֞/י	be./ga.'a.ra.T/i	H1606	HR/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	by/ rebuke/ my
אַחֲרִ֣יב	'a.cha.Riv	H2717	HVhi1cs	I dry up
יָ֗ם	Yam	H3220	HNcmsa	(the) sea
אָשִׂ֤ים	'a.Sim	H7760	HVqi1cs	I make
נְהָרוֹת֙	ne.ha.rOt	H5104	HNcmpa	rivers
מִדְבָּ֔ר	mid.Bar	H4057	HNcmsa	a wilderness
תִּבְאַ֤שׁ	tiv.'Ash	H887	HVqi3fs	it will stink
דְּגָתָ/ם֙	de.ga.Ta/m	H1710	HNcfsc/Sp3mp	fish/ their
מֵ/אֵ֣ין	me./'Ein	H369	HR/Tn	from/ not
מַ֔יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
וְ/תָמֹ֖ת	ve./ta.Mot	H4191	HC/Vqi3fs	and/ it will die
בַּ/צָּמָֽא	ba./tza.Ma'	H6772	HRd/Ncmsa	by (the)/ thirst

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H887 — בָּאַשׁ (bâʼash, baw-ash'): a primitive root; to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally; (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1606 — גְּעָרָה (gᵉʻârâh, gheh-aw-raw'): from גָּעַר; a chiding; rebuke(-ing), reproof.
• H1710 — דָּגָה (dâgâh, daw-gaw'): feminine of דָּג, and meaning the same; {a fish (often used collectively)}; fish.
• H2717 — חָרַב (chârab, khaw-rab'): or חֲרֵב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3581 — כֹּחַ (kôach, ko'-akh): or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard; ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H5104 — נָהָר (nâhâr, naw-hawr'): from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.
• H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
• H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.
• H6304 — פְּדוּת (pᵉdûwth, ped-ooth'): or פְּדֻת; from קֵדְמָהlemma קדְמָה missing vowel, corrected to קֵדְמָה; distinction; also deliverance; division, redeem, redemption.
• H6772 — צָמָא (tsâmâʼ, tsaw-maw'): from צָמֵא; thirst (literally or figuratively); thirst(-y).
• H7114 — קָצַר (qâtsar, kaw-tsar'): a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain); [idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
• H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
• H4069 — מַדּוּעַ (maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah): or מַדֻּעַ; from מָה and the passive participle of יָדַע; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?; how, wherefore, why.

Cross References

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

• at my — Psalms 106:9, Nahum 1:4, Mark 4:39
• have I — 2 Chronicles 32:15, Isaiah 36:20, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 6:20, Daniel 6:27
• I dry — Exodus 14:21, Exodus 14:29, Joshua 3:16, Psalms 107:33, Psalms 114:3-7, Isaiah 42:15, Isaiah 43:16, Isaiah 51:10, Isaiah 63:13
• Is my — Genesis 18:14, Numbers 11:23, Isaiah 59:1
• their fish — Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21
• when I came — Proverbs 1:24, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 65:12, Isaiah 66:4, Jeremiah 5:1, Jeremiah 7:13, Jeremiah 8:6, Jeremiah 35:15, Hosea 11:2, Hosea 11:7, John 1:11, John 3:19

Reciprocal references (32): Joshua 7:11, Judges 6:39, 1 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 14:14, 2 Chronicles 6:26, Ezra 7:6, Psalms 31:5, Psalms 105:29, Isaiah 11:15, Isaiah 42:24, Isaiah 63:5, Isaiah 64:7, Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 7:27, Jeremiah 14:9, Jeremiah 35:14, Jeremiah 35:17, Jonah 2:10, Micah 1:5, Micah 2:7, Habakkuk 3:8, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 22:46, Matthew 23:37, Luke 8:24, Luke 13:34, Luke 24:44, John 3:11, John 3:32, John 5:40, Revelation 16:4

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: FISHES, REDEMPTION, RIVERS
• Nave’s: DOUBTING, GOD, JESUS, THE CHRIST

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