What Does Isaiah 48:14 Mean?

“All ye assemble”

to grasp, i.e., collect

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“yourselves and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“which among them hath declared”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

these or those

“these things The LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“hath loved”

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

“him he will do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“his pleasure”

pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

“on Babylon”

babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire

“and his arm”

the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

“shall be on the Chaldeans”

a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people