What Does Isaiah 66:4 Mean?

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

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“I also will choose”

properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select

“their delusions”

caprice (as a fit coming on), i.e., vexation; concretely a tyrant

“their fears”

a fright; also a granary

“and will bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

they (only used when emphatic)

properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause

“upon them because when I called”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“none did answer”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

“when I spake”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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

“they did not hear”

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

“but they did”

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

“evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“before mine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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

“that in which I delighted”

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

“I also will choose”

properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select