What Does Isaiah 52:15 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“So shall he sprinkle”

to spirt, i.e., besprinkle (especially in expiation)

“nations”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“many”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“shall shut”

to draw together, i.e., close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)

“the kings”

a king

“their mouths”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“at him for that which had not been told”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

“them shall they see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and that which they had not heard”

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

“shall they consider”

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand