What Does Isaiah 48:13 Mean in the King James?
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The universe is not merely laid out; it is called into a shared standing.
THE MEANING
The earth beneath you and the heavens above you belong to one act of establishing. When the call comes, they take their place together: the world is both founded and responsive.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The world is not an accidental collection of separate forces held together only by your effort.
THE ROOT
יַעַמְדוּ
ya'amdu
GROWS FROM
עמד
amad
To stand, remain, or take one’s position.
English can make “stand up” sound like a change of posture, but this root also carries the sense of remaining and taking one’s place. Earth and heavens answer the call together, not as separate things but in a shared standing.
ALSO GROWS
amad: To stand, remain, or take a position.
עָמַד
This verb is the root’s basic action: the heavens and earth take their place when called.
ma'amad: A standing, position, or station.
מַעֲמָד
The branch makes standing a position one occupies, echoing the created order taking its place.
amud: A pillar or column.
עַמּוּד
A pillar stands and supports; the word gives a concrete image of what holds its position.
יָסְדָה
yasdah
GROWS FROM
יסד
yasad
To establish or lay a foundation.
The Hebrew verb behind “laid” shares its consonantal seed with the Hebrew word for “foundation.” English separates the action from the foundation it establishes; the root holds them together in one act of founding.
ALSO GROWS
yasad: To establish or found.
יָסַד
This is the root’s founding action, the work described in the earth being established.
yesod: A foundation or base.
יְסוֹד
The noun names what the founding action leaves in place: a base on which something stands.
mosad: A foundation or established institution.
מוֹסָד
This branch extends founding into something set in place and made enduring.
THE PATTERN
What is called into being takes its place and holds together within a spoken order.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.THE THREAD
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.The Hebrew “stood fast” in this verse uses the same root, עמד (amad), as Isaiah’s “stand up.” The shared root reveals the same movement: a word is spoken, and what is called takes its place and remains.
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