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Isaiah 65

Isa. 65:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They shall not labor
yaga` (Hebrew #3021)
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV usage: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
Pronounce: yaw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
in vain
riyq (Hebrew #7385)
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Pronounce: reek
Origin: from 7324
, nor bring forth
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
for trouble
behalah (Hebrew #928)
panic, destruction
KJV usage: terror, trouble.
Pronounce: beh-haw-law'
Origin: from 926
; for theyr are 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 the blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
of 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
, and their offspring
tse'etsa' (Hebrew #6631)
issue, i.e. produce, children
KJV usage: that which cometh forth (out), offspring.
Pronounce: tseh-ets-aw'
Origin: from 3318
with them.
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Isa. 61:9• 9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed. (Isa. 61:9)
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Rom. 9:7‑8• 7nor because they are Abraham's seed, [are] they all children, but “In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.”
 8That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; (Rom. 9:7‑8)

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Isa. 49:4• 4And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain; nevertheless my judgment [is] with Jehovah, and my work with my God. (Isa. 49:4)
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Isa. 55:2• 2Wherefore do ye weigh money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa. 55:2)
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Isa. 61:9• 9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed. (Isa. 61:9)
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Lev. 26:3‑10,20,22,29• 3If ye walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,
 4then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit;
 5and your treading out shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely.
 6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.
 7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword;
 8and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
 9And I will turn my face toward you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
 10And ye shall eat old store and clear off the old because of the new.
 20and your strength shall be spent in vain; and your land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
 22And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate.
 29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. (Lev. 26:3‑10,20,22,29)
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Deut. 28:3‑12,38‑42• 3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
 4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
 5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
 6Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.
 7Jehovah will give up, smitten before thee, thine enemies that rise up against thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and by seven ways shall they flee before thee.
 8Jehovah will command blessing on thee in thy granaries, and in all the business of thy hand; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
 9Jehovah will establish thee unto himself a holy people as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.
 10And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee.
 11And Jehovah will give thee abundance of good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land that Jehovah swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
 12Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
 39Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather the fruit; for the worms shall eat it.
 40Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.
 41Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them to be with thee; for they shall go into captivity.
 42All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess. (Deut. 28:3‑12,38‑42)
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Hos. 9:11‑14• 11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
 12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left; yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
 13Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
 14Give them, O Jehovah: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. (Hos. 9:11‑14)
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Hag. 1:6• 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. (Hag. 1:6)
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Hag. 2:19• 19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. (Hag. 2:19)
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Mal. 3:10• 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal. 3:10)
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1 Cor. 15:58• 58Wherefore, my brethren beloved, be firm, immoveable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your toil is not empty in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)
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Isa. 61:9• 9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed. (Isa. 61:9)
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Gen. 12:2• 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:2)
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Gen. 17:7• 7and I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)
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Psa. 115:14‑15• 14Jehovah will add upon you,{HR}Upon you and upon your sons.
 15Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah,{HR}Maker of the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 115:14‑15)
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Jer. 32:38‑39• 38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
 39and I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: (Jer. 32:38‑39)
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Zech. 10:8‑9• 8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
 9And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. (Zech. 10:8‑9)
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Acts 2:39• 39For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God shall call to [him]. (Acts 2:39)
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Acts 3:25‑26• 25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
 26To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you in turning away each from your iniquities. (Acts 3:25‑26)
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Rom. 4:16• 16On this account [it is] of faith that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not only to that which [is] of the law, but also to that which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all (Rom. 4:16)
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Rom. 9:7‑8• 7nor because they are Abraham's seed, [are] they all children, but “In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.”
 8That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; (Rom. 9:7‑8)
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Gal. 3:29• 29And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. (Gal. 3:29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

W. Kelly Translation

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They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.