The Meaning of Isaiah 35:3 Explained

Isaiah 35:3

KJV: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

YLT: Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.

Darby: Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees.

ASV: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 35:3?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 35:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 35:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 35:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Strengthen  ye the weak  hands,  and confirm  the feeble  knees. 

What does Isaiah 35:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 35:1-10 - The Rejoicing Of The Redeemed
God's judgments change Carmel and Sharon into a waste; but His blessing makes the wilderness and parched land as Carmel and Sharon. Where the smile of God rests, deserts sing and become carpeted with flowers. Your hands may be weak and your knees feeble, but when your helplessness invokes the help of God, He will begin to perform wonderful things that pass expectation. Say over and over to yourself: "My God will come: be strong, my heart, and fear not. He will come and save." Oh, for the quickened sense; the bounding leap of our nature lamed by the fall; the songs from lips that God will touch! Your dreariest desert shall become water-springs; the mirage shall no longer disappoint; thirst shall be satisfied; and the dragons of the heart extirpated. Nothing can hurt us while we walk with God in holiness. Dreaded evils may threaten to cast their shadows on our path, but they shall not stay our songs as we come with singing unto the everlasting joy.
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Chapter Summary: Isaiah 35

1  The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom
3  The weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of the Gospel

What do the individual words in Isaiah 35:3 mean?

Strengthen the hands weak and the knees feeble make firm
חַזְּק֖וּ יָדַ֣יִם רָפ֑וֹת וּבִרְכַּ֥יִם כֹּשְׁל֖וֹת אַמֵּֽצוּ

חַזְּק֖וּ  Strengthen 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
יָדַ֣יִם  the  hands 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
רָפ֑וֹת  weak 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: רָפֶה  
Sense: slack.
וּבִרְכַּ֥יִם  and  the  knees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fd
Root: בֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: knee.
כֹּשְׁל֖וֹת  feeble 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: כָּשַׁל  
Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
אַמֵּֽצוּ  make  firm 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: אָמֵץ  
Sense: to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard.

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