Isaiah 9:19

Isaiah 9:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
• New International Version (NIV)By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts The land is burned up, And the people shall be as fuel for the fire; No man shall spare his brother.

Context of Isaiah 9:19

17Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over Israel’s young men and has no compassion on its fatherless and widows, for everyone is a godless evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike. 18For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets so that they go up in a column of smoke. The land is scorched by the wrath of the Lord of Armies, and the people are like fuel for the fire. No one has compassion on his brother. 20They carve meat on the right, but they are still hungry; they have eaten on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one eats the flesh of his arm. 21Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.

Isaiah 9:19 word by word

בְּעֶבְרַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת נֶעְתַּ֣ם אָ֑רֶץ וַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמַאֲכֹ֣לֶת אֵ֔שׁ אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֖יו לֹ֥א יַחְמֹֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Through the wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• is the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• darkenedעָתַם‛âtham · to burnH6272
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall be as the fuelמַאֲכֹ֫לֶתma'ăkôleth · fuelH3980
• of the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• no manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• shall spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• his brotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251

Cross-references for Isaiah 9:19

• Isaiah 5:30On that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. When one looks at the land, there will be darkness and distress; light will be obscured by clouds.
• Isaiah 8:22They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
• Isaiah 24:11In the streets they cry for wine. All joy grows dark; earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
• Isaiah 60:2For look, darkness will cover the earth, and total darkness the peoples; but the Lord will shine over you, and his glory will appear over you.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.
• Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and total darkness, like the dawn spreading over the mountains; a great and strong people appears, such as never existed in ages past and never will again in all the generations to come.
• Amos 5:18Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! What will the day of the Lord be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
• Matthew 27:45From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over the whole land.
• Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
• Isaiah 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and the bloodied garments of war will be burned as fuel for the fire.
• Isaiah 13:18Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children.
• Ezekiel 9:5He spoke to the others in my hearing: “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!
• Micah 7:2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell and delivered them in chains of utter darkness to be kept for judgment;

Commentaries on Isaiah 9:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Through the wrath - By the anger, or indignation. This spreading desolation is the proof of his anger. Is the land darkened - The word used here - עתם ‛âtham - occurs nowhere else. According to Gesenius, it is the same as תמם tâmam to be or make complete; and hence means, “in this place, to be consumed, or laid waste.” Kimchi and Aben Ezra render it, The land is darkened.‘ Septuagint, ́ Sungkekautai Chaldee, צרוכת chărôkat - Is scorched.‘ Jerome…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected. The leaders of the people misled them. We have reason to be afraid of those that speak well of us, when we do ill. Wickedness was universal, all were infected with it. They shall be in trouble, and see no way…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-21After the leaders were destroyed, the nation would fall into chaos. With no strong leadership, people would turn against one another. Civil war would then destroy the nation. It would spread quickly and cause great damage, like a brushfire that no one can control.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2118-21. Third strophe. burneth--maketh consumption, not only spreading rapidly, but also consuming like fire: sin is its own punishment. briers ... thorns--emblem of the wicked; especially those of low rank (Is 27:4; 2Sa 23:6). forest--from the humble shrubbery the flame spreads to the vast forest; it reaches the high, as well as the low. mount up like ... smoke--rather. "They (the thickets of the forest) shall lift themselves proudly aloft [the Hebrew is…Read the comment

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• Anger
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• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Isaiah 9

• 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