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Isaiah

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"I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"I will feed to eat Verb H398 וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֤י ve·ha·'a·chal·ti
your oppressors to oppress, maltreat, perhaps suppress Verb H3238 מֹונַ֙יִךְ֙ mo·v·na·yich
with their own flesh, flesh Noun H1320 בְּשָׂרָ֔ם be·sa·ram,
And they will become drunk to be or become drunk or drunken Verb H7937 יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן yish·ka·run;
with their own blood blood Noun H1818 דָּמָ֣ם da·mam
as with sweet wine; sweet wine Noun H6071 וְכֶעָסִ֖יס ve·che·'a·sis
And all the whole, all Noun H3605 כָל־ chol-
flesh flesh Noun H1320 בָּשָׂ֗ר ba·sar
will know to know Verb H3045 וְיָדְע֣וּ ve·ya·de·'u
that I, the LORD, the proper name of the God of Israel Noun H3068 יְהוָה֙ Yah·weh
am your Savior to deliver Verb H3467 מֹֽושִׁיעֵ֔ךְ mo·v·shi·'ech,
And your Redeemer, to redeem, act as kinsman Verb H1350 וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ ve·go·'a·lech
the Mighty One strong Adjective H46 אֲבִ֥יר a·vir
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of Jacob." a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹֽב׃ ya·'a·kov.
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New American Standard Bible 1995 "I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
King James Bible "I And I will feed your oppressors them that oppress thee with their own flesh, And flesh; and they will become drunk shall be drunken with their own blood blood, as with sweet wine; And wine: and all flesh will shall know that I, I the LORD, LORD am your Savior And your thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty mighty One of Jacob."
Hebrew Greek English "I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."