Isaiah 49:8
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
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ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
KJV
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה׀ | koh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| בְּעֵ֤ת | be.'Et | in a time of | H6256 → |
| רָצוֹן֙ | ra.tzOn | favor | H7522 → |
| עֲנִיתִ֔יךָ | 'a.ni.Ti.kha | I will answer you | H6030 → |
| וּבְי֥וֹם | u.ve.Yom | and on a day of | H3117 → |
| יְשׁוּעָ֖ה | ye.shu.'Ah | salvation | H3444 → |
| עֲזַרְתִּ֑יךָ | 'a.zar.Ti.kha | I will help you | H5826 → |
| וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ | ve.'e.tza.re.Kha | and I will watch over you | H5341 → |
| וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֙ | ve.'e.ten.Kha | and I will make you | H5414 → |
| לִבְרִ֣ית | liv.Rit | <into> a covenant of | H1285 → |
| עָ֔ם | 'Am | [the] people | H5971 → |
| לְהָקִ֣ים | le.ha.Kim | to raise up | H6965 → |
| אֶ֔רֶץ | 'E.retz | [the] land | H776 → |
| לְהַנְחִ֖יל | le.han.Chil | to give as inheritance | H5157 → |
| נְחָל֥וֹת | ne.cha.Lot | inheritances | H5159 → |
| שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃ | sho.me.Mot | desolate | H8074 → |
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