Isaiah 41:15

Isaiah 41:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
• New International Version (NIV)“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.

Context of Isaiah 41:15

13For I the Lord your God keep hold of your right hand; [I am the Lord], Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’ 14Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. In fact, I have made of you a new, sharp threshing implement with sharp edges; You will thresh the mountains and crush them, And make the hills like chaff. 16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And a high wind will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the Lord, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17“The poor and needy are seeking water, but there is none; Their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them Myself; I, the God of Israel, will not neglect them.

Isaiah 41:15 word by word

הִנֵּ֣ה שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ לְמוֹרַג֙ חָר֣וּץ חָדָ֔שׁ בַּ֖עַל פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹת תָּד֤וּשׁ הָרִים֙ וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thee a newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• sharpחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• threshingמוֹרַגmôrag môrag · threshing sledH4173
• instrument havingבַּעַלba‛al · master: owningH1167
• teethפִּיפִיָּהpîyphîyâh · toothH6374
• thou shalt threshדּוּשׁdûsh dôsh dîysh · to treadH1758
• the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• smallדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
• the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• as chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671

Cross-references for Isaiah 41:15

• Isaiah 21:10O my threshed people [Judah, who must be judged and trampled down by Babylon], my afflicted of the threshing floor. What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, I have [joyfully] announced to you [that Babylon is to fall].
• Isaiah 28:27For dill is not threshed with a sharp threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.
• Habakkuk 3:12In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled and threshed the nations.
• Psalms 18:42Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.
• Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion! For I will make your horn iron And I will make your hoofs bronze; That you may beat many peoples in pieces [trampling down your enemies], That you may devote to the Lord their unjust gain (pagan possessions) And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
• Zechariah 4:7‘What are you, O great mountain [of obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who will rebuild the temple] you will become a plain (insignificant)! And he will bring out the capstone [of the new temple] with loud shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
• 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

Commentaries on Isaiah 41:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15A new sharp threshing instrument having teeth "A threshing wain; a new corn-drag armed with pointed teeth" - See note on Isaiah 28:27-28. Thou shalt thresh the mountains - Mountains and hills are here used metaphorically for the kings and princes of the Gentiles. - Kimchi.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Behold, I will make thee … - The object of the illustration in this verse and the following is, to show that God would clothe them with power, and that all difficulties in their way would vanish. To express this idea, the prophet uses an image derived front the mode of threshing in the East, where the heavy wain or sledge was made to pass over a large pile of sheaves, and to bruise out the grain, and separate the chaff, so that the wind would drive it…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee in the time of need. Art thou ready to fall? I will uphold thee with that right hand which is full of righteousness, dealing forth rewards and punishments. There are those that strive with God's people, that seek their ruin. Let not God's people render…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-16These two prophecies about salvation for God's servant Israel (Isaiah 41:8–13, 14–16) prepare for the first of the suffering servant songs (see study note on Isaiah 42:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. God will make Israel to destroy their enemies as the Eastern corn-drag (Is 28:27, 28) bruises out the grain with its teeth, and gives the chaff to the winds to scatter. teeth--serrated, so as to cut up the straw for fodder and separate the grain from the chaff. mountains ... hills--kingdoms more or less powerful that were hostile to Israel (Is 2:14).Read the comment

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• Agriculture
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• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• Isaiah
• Philosophy
• Threshing

Commentaries on Isaiah 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings