Isaiah 59 — Rabbi

Isaiah 59:1

הֵ֛ן

hên

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if לֹֽא

lôʼ

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles קָצְרָ֥ה

qâtsar

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain) יַד

yâd

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] יְהוָ֖ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God מֵֽהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ

yâshaʻ

from — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor וְלֹא

lôʼ

and — not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles כָבְדָ֥ה

kâbad

to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses) אָזְנ֖וֹ

ʼôzen

broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ

shâmaʻ

from — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Isaiah 59:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Behold, the Lord’s hand is

Structural Refrain

The identical phrase (qatsrah yad, "hand is shortened") first posed as a rhetorical question nine chapters earlier (50:2) - now stated as a …not so short

Structural Refrain

The identical phrase (qatsrah yad, "hand is shortened") first posed as a rhetorical question nine chapters earlier (50:2) - now stated as a … That it cannot save,

Structural Refrain

The identical phrase (qatsrah yad, "hand is shortened") first posed as a rhetorical question nine chapters earlier (50:2) - now stated as a … Nor His ear so impaired That it cannot hear.

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

The same 'hand shortened' phrase, first posed there as a rhetorical question - now answered here with a flat denial.

Isaiah 59:1 · WEB

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.

Isaiah 50:2 · WEB

Why, when I came, was there no one? when I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t 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 stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save, Nor His ear so impaired That it cannot hear.”

Isaiah 59:1

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