H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

יֹאמַ֣ר yo.Mar “he says”יֹאמַ֖ר yo.Mar “he says”

Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

וְנֹאמַ֣ר (נֹאמַ֣ר) no.Mar “we may say”

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”

They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.

הָאֹמְרִ֥ים (אֹמְרִ֥ים) 'o.me.Rim “[who] say”

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

אֹמֵ֥ר 'o.Mer “[is one who] says”

But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he says”

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

אֹמַ֤ר 'o.Mar “I will say”

Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say,

וְיֹאמְר֥וּ (יֹאמְר֥וּ) yo.me.Ru “they may say”

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.

אָמַ֧ר 'a.Mar “he says”

This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.

אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

יֹאמַר֙ yo.Mar “he will say”

The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”

With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:

וְיֹאמַ֣ר (יֹאמַ֣ר) yo.Mar “he may say”

And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.

וְיֹאמַר֙ (יֹאמַר֙) yo.Mar “he may say”

And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face

לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “say”

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

יֹאמַ֔ר yo.Mar “he will say”

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he says”

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places

הָאֹמֵ֨ר (אֹמֵ֨ר) 'o.Mer “says”

Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:

הָאֹמֵ֥ר (אֹמֵ֥ר) 'o.Mer “says”

Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.

הָאֹמֵ֤ר (אֹמֵ֤ר) 'o.Mer “says”וְלֵאמֹ֤ר (אמֹ֤ר) Mor “say”

The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?

הֲיֹאמַ֨ר (יֹאמַ֨ר) yo.Mar “does it say”

Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?

אֹמֵ֥ר 'o.Mer “[one who] says”

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?

אָמַ֧ר 'a.Mar “he says”