Isaiah 46
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5895× in this chapter
I
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62135× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אַףʼaphH6375× in this chapter
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53753× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- סָבַלçâbalH54453× in this chapter
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- דָּמָהdâmâhH18192× in this chapter
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
- זָכַרzâkarH21422× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כָּרַעkâraʻH37662× in this chapter
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
- לֵבlêbH38202× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- אֵלʼêlH4102× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- מָלַטmâlaṭH44222× in this chapter
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מַשָּׂאmassâʼH48532× in this chapter
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
- עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָמַסʻâmaçH60062× in this chapter
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
- עֵצָהʻêtsâhH60982× in this chapter
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
- צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66662× in this chapter
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- קָרַסqâraçH71642× in this chapter
to hunch, i.e. be hump-backed
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- תְּשׁוּעָהtᵉshûwʻâhH86682× in this chapter
rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
- בֵּלBêlH10781× in this chapter
Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָיָהhâyâhH19611× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זָהָבzâhâbH20911× in this chapter
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- זוּלzûwlH21071× in this chapter
probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly
- זִקְנָהziqnâhH22091× in this chapter
old age
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חֵפֶץchêphetsH26561× in this chapter
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
- אָחַרʼâcharH3091× in this chapter
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
- יַחַדyachadH31621× in this chapter
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
- אַחֲרִיתʼachărîythH3191× in this chapter
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity