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isaiah_48:22

Isaiah 48:22

Hebrew
אֵ֣ין שָׁל֔וֹם אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה

hebrew

Meaning

* Yahweh - God's personal name

It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament.

First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6
לָרְשָׁעִֽים
ESV
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
NIV
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
NLT
“But there is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.
LXX
οὐκ ἔστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
χαίρειν τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἀσεβέσιν λέγει κύριος
KJV
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Isaiah 48:21 ← Isaiah 48:22 → Isaiah 49:1

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