Isaiah 41:20
in Isaiah 41so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
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ASV
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
KJV
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
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This verse in Isaiah 41
Commentary
3 notes on this verse809. Fourth, he sets out the fruit of the benefit: that they may see: that they may know that there is no God beside you, and that they may show forth your wonders (Sir 36:2).
This site's exposition
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar
on Isaiah 41:19-20
The watered wilderness of the previous verse is planted with a deliberate list of trees, the cedar, the shittah tree, the myrtle, the oil tree, the fir, the pine and the box tree together, seven kinds named where the desert had offered none. The purpose is stated plainly rather than left to inference, that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this. Delitzsch notes the pairing of the Lord's hand and the Holy One of Israel in one verse, the same divine title from verse 14 now attached to the evidence of creation rather than redemption.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And consider - The verb ישימו yasimu, without לב leb added, cannot signify to apply the heart, or to attend to a thing, as Houbigant has observed; he therefore reads ישמו yashshemu, they shall wonder.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַ֧עַן | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| יִרְא֣וּ | yiru | they may see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְיֵדְע֗וּ | veyedeu | so they may know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ | veyasimu | so they may set | H7760 → | 584 times |
| וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ | veyaskilu | so they may have insight | H7919 → | 62 times |
| יַחְדָּ֔ו | yachdav | all together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יַד־ | yad- | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עָ֣שְׂתָה | ʾasetah | it has done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| זֹּ֑את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וּקְד֥וֹשׁ | ukedoosh | and [the] holy [one] of | H6918 → | 116 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּרָאָֽהּ׃ פ | beraah | he has created it | H1254 → | 55 times |
לְמַ֧עַןso that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
יִרְא֣וּthey may see
yiruH7200 →1300 times
וְיֵדְע֗וּso they may know
veyedeuH3045 →945 times
וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּso they may set
veyasimuH7760 →584 times
וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙so they may have insight
veyaskiluH7919 →62 times
יַחְדָּ֔וall together
yachdavH3162 →141 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
יַד־[the] hand of
yad-H3027 →1618 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עָ֣שְׂתָהit has done
ʾasetahH6213 →2628 times
זֹּ֑אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
וּקְד֥וֹשׁand [the] holy [one] of
ukedooshH6918 →116 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּרָאָֽהּ׃ פhe has created it
beraahH1254 →55 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
it leads to
- Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- Romans 9:17
Through
Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Hebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Psalms 102:18
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- Luke 1:74–75
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- 1 Peter 2:9
Through
Psalms 109:27Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
it leads to
- Job 37:7
He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
- Job 37:7
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.