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Isaiah 45

Isa. 45:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have not spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in secret
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
a, in a dark
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: I said
'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
not unto the seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
, Seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
ye me inc vain
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
: I the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, I declare
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
things that are right
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
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Deut. 29:29• 29The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law. (Deut. 29:29)
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Deut. 30:11• 11For this commandment which I command thee this day is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far off. (Deut. 30:11)
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Psa. 9:10• 10And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. (Psa. 9:10)
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Psa. 69:32• 32The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live. (Psa. 69:32)

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Cross References

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Isa. 43:9‑10• 9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them declareth this, or causeth us to hear former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
 10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am HE: before me there was no *God formed, neither shall there be after me. (Isa. 43:9‑10)
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Isa. 48:16• 16Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit. (Isa. 48:16)
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Deut. 29:29• 29The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law. (Deut. 29:29)
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Deut. 30:11‑14• 11For this commandment which I command thee this day is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far off.
 12It is not in the heavens, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to the heavens, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?
 13And it is not beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?
 14For the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (Deut. 30:11‑14)
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Prov. 1:21• 21she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: (Prov. 1:21)
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Prov. 8:1‑4• 1Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
 2On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
 3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
 4Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man: (Prov. 8:1‑4)
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John 7:26,28• 26and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ?
 28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me and ye know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye do not know. (John 7:26,28)
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John 7:37‑39• 37In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
 38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
 39But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. (John 7:37‑39)
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John 18:20• 20Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I taught always in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and in secret I have spoken nothing. (John 18:20)
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Acts 2:4‑8• 4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
 6But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
 7And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
 8and how do *we* hear them each in our own dialect in which we have been born, (Acts 2:4‑8)
Seek.
Isa. 1:15• 15And 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. 1:15)
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Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, say, Shall not a people seek unto their God? Will they go for the living unto the dead? (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 55:6‑7• 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)
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Isa. 58:1‑3• 1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
 2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
 3--Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours. (Isa. 58:1‑3)
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1 Chron. 28:8• 8And now in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God,--keep and seek for all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess the good land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children after you for ever. (1 Chron. 28:8)
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2 Chron. 15:2• 2And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)
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Ezra 8:22• 22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him. (Ezra 8:22)
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Psa. 24:6• 6This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psa. 24:6)
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Psa. 69:13,32• 13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
 32The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live. (Psa. 69:13,32)
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Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Prov. 15:8)
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Jer. 29:13• 13and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart, (Jer. 29:13)
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Amos 5:4• 4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live. (Amos 5:4)
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Mal. 3:13‑14• 13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
 14Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? (Mal. 3:13‑14)
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Matt. 15:8‑9• 8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
 9but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men. (Matt. 15:8‑9)
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James 4:3• 3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures. (James 4:3)
speak righteousness.
Isa. 63:1• 1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?--I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isa. 63:1)
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Num. 23:19‑20• 19*God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
 20Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. (Num. 23:19‑20)
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Deut. 32:4• 4He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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Psa. 9:10• 10And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. (Psa. 9:10)
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Psa. 12:6• 6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6)
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Psa. 19:7‑10• 7The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple;
 8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;
 9The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:
 10They are more precious than gold, yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb. (Psa. 19:7‑10)
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Psa. 111:7‑8• 7The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are faithful:
 8Maintained for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. (Psa. 111:7‑8)
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Psa. 119:137‑138• 137TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. (Psa. 119:137‑138)
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Prov. 8:6• 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. (Prov. 8:6)
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Prov. 30:5• 5Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Prov. 30:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.