Isaiah 1:4
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.”
עָזַב
To leave, to forsake, to abandon. Azab. I have not forsaken you. God will never abandon those who belong to Him. His commitment is unconditional.
חָטָא
which sins
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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רָעַע
who do evil
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רָעַע
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
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עָוֺן
iniquity of
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עָוֺן
Iniquity, guilt, punishment. Avon. He forgives all your iniquity. God does not just forgive the act. He removes the guilt and the punishment.
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זֶרַע
spring
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זֶרַע
Seed, offspring, descendant. Zera. The seed of the woman who would crush the serpent. Every promise of God has a seed that will grow.
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זוּר
they have become estranged
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זוּר
they have become estranged
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
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קָדוֹשׁ
the holy one of
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קָדוֹשׁ
Holy, set apart. Qadosh. God alone is truly qadosh. He calls His people to share in His holiness. To be set apart for His purposes.
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בֵּן
children
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עַם
a people
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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גּוֹי
a nation
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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כָּבֵד
heavy of
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כָּבֵד
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
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שָׁחַת
who behave corruptly
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שָׁחַת
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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נָאַץ
they have spurned
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נָאַץ
to scorn;
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