Isaiah 48:19

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seed	זַרְעֶ֔ךָ zar.'E.kha	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
sand	כַחוֹל֙ kha.chOl	H2344	sand (as round or whirling particles) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
offspring	וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י ve.tze.'e.tza.'Ei	H6631	issue · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
bowels	מֵעֶ֖יךָ me.'Ei.kha	H4578	used only in plural the intestines · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
gravel	כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו kim.'o.Tav	H4579	the belly · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמ֖וֹ she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
off	יִכָּרֵ֧ת yi.ka.Ret	H3772	to cut (off · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
destroyed	יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד yi.sha.Med	H8045	to desolate · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	מִלְּפָנָֽי mi.le.fa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Isaiah 10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righ…
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon th…
Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Lev…
Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass,…
Romans 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Joshua 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: an…
Ruth 4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:16–end

Here, as before, Jacob and Israel are summoned to hearken to the prophet speaking in God's name, or rather to God speaking in and by the prophet, and that as a type of the great prophet by whom God has in these last days spoken unto us, and that is sufficient: Come near therefore, and hear this. Note, Those that would hear and understand what God says must come near, and approach to him; let them come as near as they can. Let those that have hearkened to the tempter now come near, and hear this, that they may be confirmed in their resolutions to serve God. Those that draw nigh to God may depend upon this, that his secret shall be with them. Here, I. God refers them to what he hath both said…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:19

sand--retaining the metaphor of "the sea" (Isa 48:18). like the gravel thereof--rather, as the Hebrew, "like that (the offspring) of its (the sea's) bowels"; referring to the countless living creatures, fishes, &c., of the sea, rather than the gravel [MAURER]. JEROME, Chaldee, and Syriac support English Version. his name . . . cut off--transition from the second person, "thy," to the third "his." Israel's name was cut off "as a nation" during the Babylonish captivity; also it is so now, to which the prophecy especially looks (Rom 11:20).

John Gill on Isaiah 48:19

Thy seed had also been as the sand,.... Upon the sea shore, as numerous as that, as was promised to Abraham, Genesis 22:17, and the offspring of thy bowels as the gravel thereof; that is, of the sand; the little stones that are in it, which lie in great numbers on the sea shore; the same thing expressed in different words, denoting the number of their posterity, as it would have been, had they received the Messiah, his doctrines and ordinances: it may be rendered, "and the offspring", or "those that go out of thy bowels", that spring from thee, are born of thee, "as the bowels thereof" (q), that is, of the sea; as what is within it, particularly the fishes of it, which are innumerable; and…

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The Church Fathers

"I am the Lord your God. I have shown how to find my way so that you may benefit by traveling on that way." … But since the Jews did not desire to pay attention to these commandments, by reason of their attachment to a fleshly manner of thinking, they viewed having many children as a sign of blessing.… Nevertheless, although you have despised my laws, I will consider you worthy of consideration and, once again, you will be called "my people."
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 15:48.18-19

And what follows: and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the descendants of your womb like its grains: indeed, it seems to remain in the Jewish people, who to this day, like worms, produce children and grandchildren; but how is this to be understood in terms of the promise, when they do not have peace and righteousness? For either he is angry with them, or appeased. If he is angry, how is his seed multiplied every day? If he is appeased, how do they serve and not possess peace and justice? From this it is clear that it is said now of the apostolic seed, of which we also read above: Unless the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we would have become like Sodom. And because it seems at that time not to have been fulfilled, it is fulfilled in the coming of Christ: and before his face the seed of Israel remains.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Isaiah 48:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:19

John Gill on Isaiah 48:19

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 48:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 48:19

John Gill on Isaiah 48:19

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Isaiah 48:19

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 48:17-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 48:19

Rashi on Isaiah 48:19