Lexicon :: Strong's H3045 - yāḏaʿ

“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,

And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,

But Israel does not know [Me as LORD],

My people do not understand.”

“So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up;

I will break down its [fn]stone wall and it will be trampled down [by enemies].

Who say, “Let Him move speedily, let Him expedite His work [His promised vengeance], so that we may see it;

And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel approach

And come to pass, so that we may know it!”

‘Keep on listening, but do not understand;

Keep on looking, but do not comprehend.’

And all the people know it,

That is, [fn]Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria [its capital],

Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

And in that day you will say,

“Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name [in prayer].

Make His deeds known among the peoples [of the earth];

Proclaim [to them] that His name is exalted!”

Where then are your wise men?

Please let them tell you,

And let them understand what the LORD of hosts

Has purposed against Egypt [if they can].

The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the LORD,

Whose deeds are done in a dark place,

And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

“Those who err in mind will know the truth,

And those who criticize and murmur discontentedly will accept instruction.

The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth,

And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

“You who are far away, hear what I have done;

And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

“But I know your sitting down

And your going out and your coming in [every detail of your life],

And your raging against Me.

“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;

A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,

Or has taught Him as His counselor?

Do you [who worship idols] not know? Have you not heard?

Has it not been told to you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth [the omnipotence of God and the stupidity of bowing to idols]?

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Does not become tired or grow weary;

There is no searching of His understanding.

So that they may see and know,

And consider and understand together,

That the hand of the LORD has done this,

That the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Let them bring forward [their evidence] and tell us what is going to happen.

Regarding the former events, tell what they were,

That we may consider them and know their outcome;

Or announce to us the things that are going to come.

Who [among the idols] has declared this from the beginning, so that we could know?

Or from earlier times, so that we could say, “He is [unquestionably] right!”?

In fact, there was no one who declared it,

Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it;

There was no one at all who heard you speak [for you pagan gods are speechless].

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know;

I will guide them in paths that they do not know.

I will make darkness into light before them

And rugged places into plains.

These things I will do [for them],

And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”

Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger

And the fierceness of battle;

And engulfed him in fire,

Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach];

It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,

“And My servant whom I have chosen,

That you may know and believe Me

And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God formed,

And there will be none after Me.

“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not be aware of it?

I will even put a road in the wilderness,

Rivers in the desert.

‘Do not tremble nor be afraid [of the violent upheavals to come];

Have I not long ago proclaimed it to you and declared it?

And you are My witnesses.

Is there a God besides Me?

There is no other Rock;

I know of none.’”

They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.

“I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures]

And the hidden riches of secret places,

So that you may know that it is I,

The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you (Cyrus the Great) by your name.

“Assemble yourselves and come;

Come together, you survivors of the nations!

They are ignorant,

Who carry around their wooden idols [in religious processions or into battle]

And keep on praying to a god that cannot save them.

“Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life,

You who dwell safely and securely,

Who say in your heart (mind),

‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me.

I shall not sit as a widow,

Nor know the loss of children.’

“Therefore disaster will come on you;

You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic].

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods];

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

“You [fn]are wearied by your many counsels.

Just let the astrologers,

The stargazers,

Those who predict by the new moons [each month]

Stand up and save you from the things that will come upon you [Babylon].

“You have heard [these things foretold]; look at all this [that has been fulfilled].

And you, will you not declare it?

I proclaim to you [specific] new things from this time,

Even [fn]hidden things which you have not known.

“Kings will be your attendants,

And their princesses your nurses.

They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth

And lick the dust of your feet;

And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the LORD;

For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

“I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars]

And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;

And all [fn]mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the LORD, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

The Lord GOD has given Me [His [fn]Servant] the tongue of disciples [as One who is taught],

That I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.

He awakens Me morning by morning,

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple [as One who is taught].