Isaiah 45:19
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.”
חֹשֶׁךְ
Darkness. Choshek. The absence of light. God separated light from darkness. Jesus said He is the light of the world. Whoever follows Him will not walk in darkness.
מֵישָׁר
uprightnesses
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מֵישָׁר
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
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תֹּהוּ
emptiness
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תֹּהוּ
Empty, formless, void. Tohu. The state of the earth before God spoke. God specialises in taking what is empty and formless and making something beautiful.
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בָּקַשׁ
seek/ me
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בָּקַשׁ
Seek, search. Baqash. To search diligently. Seek the LORD while He may be found. This is not passive looking but intense searching with your whole heart.
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נָגַד
I am declaring
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נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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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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דָבַר
I spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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צֶדֶק
righteousness
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צֶדֶק
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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