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Isaiah 54:4

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For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.	Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.	For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Fear^H3372 not; for thou shalt not be ashamed^H954: neither be thou confounded^H3637; for thou shalt not be put to shame^H2659: for thou shalt forget^H7911 the shame^H1322 of thy youth^H5934, and shalt not remember^H2142 the reproach^H2781 of thy widowhood^H491 any more.

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Original Hebrew

אַל־תִּירְאִי כִּי־לֹא תֵבֹושִׁי וְאַל־תִּכָּלְמִי כִּי לֹא תַחְפִּירִי כִּי בֹשֶׁת עֲלוּמַיִךְ תִּשְׁכָּחִי וְחֶרְפַּת אַלְמְנוּתַיִךְ לֹא תִזְכְּרִי־עֹוד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תִּֽירְאִי֙	ti.re.'I	H3372	HVqj2fs	you be afraid
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תֵב֔וֹשִׁי	te.Vo.o.shi	H954	HVqi2fs	you will be put to shame
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
תִּכָּלְמִ֖י	ti.kal.Mi	H3637	HVNj2fs	you be ashamed
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תַחְפִּ֑ירִי	tach.Pi.ri	H2659	HVhi2fs	you will display shame
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
בֹ֤שֶׁת	Vo.shet	H1322	HNcfsc	(the) shame of
עֲלוּמַ֨יִ/ךְ֙	'a.lu.Ma.yi/kh	H5934	HNcmpc/Sp2fs	youth(s)/ your
תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי	tish.Ka.chi	H7911	HVqi2fs	you will forget
וְ/חֶרְפַּ֥ת	ve./cher.Pat	H2781	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (the) reproach of
אַלְמְנוּתַ֖יִ/ךְ	'al.me.nu.Ta.yi/kh	H491	HNcfpc/Sp2fs	widowhood/ your
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תִזְכְּרִי	tiz.ke.ri-	H2142	HVqi2fs	you will remember
עֽוֹד	od	H5750	HD	again

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

Strong's References

• H491 — אַלְמָנוּת (ʼalmânûwth, al-maw-nooth'): feminine of אַלְמָן; concrete, a widow; abstract, widowhood; widow, widowhood.
• H954 — בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, boosh): a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed; (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
• H1322 — בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth, bo'-sheth): from בּוּשׁ; shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol; ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
• H2142 — זָכַר (zâkar, zaw-kar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
• H2659 — חָפֵר (châphêr, khaw-fare'): a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as חָפַר through the idea of detection); to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach; be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
• H2781 — חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh, kher-paw'): from חָרַף; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda; rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
• H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
• H3637 — כָּלַם (kâlam, kaw-lawm'): a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult; be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
• H5934 — עָלוּם (ʻâlûwm, aw-loom'): passive participle of עָלַם in the denominative sense of עֶלֶם; (only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor; youth.
• H7911 — שָׁכַח (shâkach, shaw-kakh'): or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention; [idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

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

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• 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.
• H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Cross References

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

• Fear not — Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 45:16-17, Isaiah 61:7, 1 Peter 2:6
• thou shalt forget — Jeremiah 31:19, Ezekiel 16:22, Ezekiel 16:43, Ezekiel 16:60-63, Hosea 3:1-5

Reciprocal references (17): Genesis 2:25, Job 11:16, Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 29:22, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 65:16, Jeremiah 30:10, Lamentations 1:1, Ezekiel 36:15, Joel 2:21, Joel 2:26, Zephaniah 3:11, Zephaniah 3:16, Romans 9:33, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 4:16

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: WIDOWS
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, CHURCH, DIVORCE, RIGHTEOUS

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