Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
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ASV
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
KJV
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַ֤עַן | le.Ma.'an | for [the] sake of | H4616 → |
| צִיּוֹן֙ | tzi.yOn | Zion | H6726 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| אֶחֱשֶׁ֔ה | 'e.che.Sheh | I will be silent | H2814 → |
| וּלְמַ֥עַן | u.le.Ma.'an | and for [the] sake of | H4616 → |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | ye.ru.sha.Lim | Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| אֶשְׁק֑וֹט | 'esh.Kot | I will remain quiet | H8252 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| יֵצֵ֤א | ye.Tze' | it will go forth | H3318 → |
| כַנֹּ֙גַהּ֙ | kha.No.gah | like <the> brightness | H5051 → |
| צִדְקָ֔הּ | tzid.Kah | righteousness its | H6664 → |
| וִישׁוּעָתָ֖הּ | vi.shu.'a.Tah | and salvation its | H3444 → |
| כְּלַפִּ֥יד | ke.la.Pid | like a torch | H3940 → |
| יִבְעָֽר׃ | yiv.'Ar | [which] it burns | H1197 → |
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