Isaiah 63:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַךְ־עַמִּ֣י הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

And he yōʾmer, surely ʿammî hēmmāh, bānîm not yĕšaqqērû, and he wayĕhî for them as môšîaʿ.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*ʾaḵ*: adverb - surely/only/indeed
*ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*hēmmāh*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/sons
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yĕšaqqērû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will deal falsely
*wayĕhî*: conjunction waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he became
*lāhem*: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them
*lĕmôšîaʿ*: preposition lamed + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - as a savior

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: he said/he thought/he commanded
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*yĕšaqqērû*: they will deal falsely/they will deceive/they will be faithless
*môšîaʿ*: savior/deliverer/rescuer

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:7 : 7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Isa 43:11 : 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
Isa 51:4 : 4 Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?
Jer 14:8 : 8 O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Hos 13:4 : 4 Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Rom 11:1-2 : 1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
Rom 11:28 : 28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Col 3:9 : 9 lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
Jude 1:25 : 25 to the only {G4680} God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.
Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Exod 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exod 4:22-23 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: 23 and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exod 24:7 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 78:36-37 : 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue. 37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,

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