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Isaiah 36

Isa. 36:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, sayest thou, (but they are but σvain
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
) τI have counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
and strength
gbuwrah (Hebrew #1369)
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Pronounce: gheb-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from the same as 1368
for war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
: now on whom dost thou trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
, that thou rebellest
marad (Hebrew #4775)
to rebel
KJV usage: rebel(-lious).
Pronounce: maw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
against me?
σ
a word of lips.
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or, but counsel and strength are for the war.

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Cross References

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vain words.
Heb. a word of lips.
I have counsel andstrength for war.
or, but counsel and strength are for the war.
Prov. 21:30‑31• 30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
 31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. (Prov. 21:30‑31)
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Prov. 24:5‑6• 5A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
 6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. (Prov. 24:5‑6)
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2 Kings 18:7• 7And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. (2 Kings 18:7)
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2 Kings 24:1• 1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. (2 Kings 24:1)
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Neh. 2:19‑20• 19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
 20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. (Neh. 2:19‑20)
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Jer. 52:3• 3For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. (Jer. 52:3)
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Ezek. 17:15• 15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? (Ezek. 17:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou sayestg, but it is a word of the lips, There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "I say [sayest thou]."