Isaiah 28:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן מֹשְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָם

Transliteration

Therefore šimʿû dəḇar-YHWH ʾanšēy lāṣôn mōšəlēy hāʿām hazzeh ʾăšer in-Yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*šimʿû*: qal imperative masculine plural - hear
*dəḇar*: masculine singular construct - word of
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾanšēy*: masculine plural construct - men of
*lāṣôn*: masculine singular noun - scorn/mockery
*mōšəlēy*: qal participle masculine plural construct - rulers of
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - this
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*Yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*ʾanšēy*: men of/leaders of
*lāṣôn*: scorn/mockery/scoffing
*mōšəlēy*: rulers of/governors of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Isa 29:20 : 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Hos 7:5 : 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Acts 13:41 : 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Isa 5:9 : 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Prov 29:8 : 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

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