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Isaiah 58:9

Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

KJV

Tunc invocabis, et Dominus exaudiet ; clamabis, et dicet : Ecce adsum. Si abstuleris de medio tui catenam, et desieris extendere digitum et loqui quod non prodest ;

Vulgate

τότε βοήσῃ, καὶ ὁ θεὸς εἰσακούσεταί σου, ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρεῖ Ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. ἐὰν ἀφέλῃς ἀπὸ σοῦ σύνδεσμον καὶ χειροτονίαν καὶ ῥῆμα γογγυσμοῦ,

LXX

Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

ASV

אָ֤ז תִּקְרָא֙ וַ/יהוָ֣ה יַעֲנֶ֔ה תְּשַׁוַּ֖ע וְ/יֹאמַ֣ר הִנֵּ֑/נִי אִם תָּסִ֤יר מִ/תּֽוֹכְ/ךָ֙ מוֹטָ֔ה שְׁלַ֥ח אֶצְבַּ֖ע וְ/דַבֶּר אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 31×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֹט֣וֹת
mtvt
noun · 12×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי
shv'ty
verb · 21×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

He says to them again, concerning these things, "Why do ye fast for Me, as on this day, saith the Lord, that your voice should be heard with a cry? I have not chosen this fast, saith the Lord, that a man should humble his soul."
63. But if they refer these passages to the Father, will they, when it is here also written, 'Become' and 'He became,' venture so far as to affirm that God is originate? Yea, they will dare, as they thus argue concerning His Word; for the course of their argument carries them on to conjecture the same things concerning the Father, as they devise concerning His Word. But far be …

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:21 — Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
  • 1Sam 3:4 — That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
  • 2Chr 20:14 — Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
  • 2Kgs 19:20 — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
  • Acts 16:30 — And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
  • Dan 9:20 — And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
  • Dan 10:12 — Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
  • Gen 13:4 — Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  • Gen 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 27:18 — And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
  • Gen 31:11 — And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
  • Isa 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
  • Isa 57:4 — Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
  • Isa 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
  • Isa 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
  • Isa 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
  • Isa 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
  • Isa 59:13 — In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
  • Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Job 22:27 — Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
  • John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • Lam 3:57 — Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Prov 6:13 — He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 34:15 — The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
  • Ps 37:4 — Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
  • Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Ps 91:15 — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
  • Ps 91:15 — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
  • Ps 118:5 — I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
  • Ps 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
  • Zech 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
  • Zech 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my