Isaiah 27:9

Isaiah 27:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
• New International Version (NIV)By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.

Context of Isaiah 27:9

7Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him? 8In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken [her] away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind. By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, — the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs. 11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come [and] set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 27:9 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן בְּזֹאת֙ יְכֻפַּ֣ר עֲוֹֽן־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְזֶ֕ה כָּל־פְּרִ֖י הָסִ֣ר חַטָּאת֑וֹ בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ׀ כָּל־אַבְנֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֗חַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר֙ מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת לֹֽא־יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• standקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965

Cross-references for Isaiah 27:9

• Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
• Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have scoured out the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
• Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
• Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy *word.
• Proverbs 20:30Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
• Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
• Daniel 11:35And [some] of the wise shall fall, to try them, and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end: for it shall yet be for the time appointed.
• Matthew 3:2and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
• 1 Corinthians 11:32But being judged, we are disciplined of [the] Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• Hebrews 12:6for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
• 2 Kings 25:9and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.
• Ezra 3:2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer up burnt-offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
• Ezekiel 11:18And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.
• Ezekiel 24:11Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, [and] that its rust may be consumed.

Commentaries on Isaiah 27:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The groves "And if the groves" - ולא velo . Four MSS., two ancient, of Kennicott's, and one ancient of my own, with the Septuagint; this makes a fuller sense.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9By this - This verse states the whole design of the punishment of the Jews. They were taken away from their temple, their city, and their land; they were removed from the groves and altars of idolatry by which they had been so often led into sin; and the design was to preserve them henceforward from relapsing into their accustomed idolatry. The iniquity of Jacob - The sin of the Jewish people, and particularly their tendency to idolatry, which was their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our souls be continually watered and kept, that we may abound in the fruits of the Spirit, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. The Jews yet are kept a separate and a numerous people; they have not been rooted out as those who slew them. The condition of that nation, through so many ages, forms a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9God's justice requires him to punish sin to correct behavior and purify. The exile in Babylon happened to cleanse Israel's wickedness and remove all of Israel's sins (see Romans 11:27). This aimed to end all pagan worship in Israel, including the incense altars and the poles used for worshiping the goddess Asherah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. By this--exile of Israel (the "sending away," Is 27:8). purged--expiated [Horsley]. all the fruit--This is the whole benefit designed to be brought about by the chastisement; namely, the removal of his (Israel's) sin (namely, object of idolatry; De 9:21; Ho 10:8). when he--Jehovah; at the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, His instrument. The Jews ever since have abhorred idolatry (compare Is 17:8). not stand up--shall rise no more [Horsley].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 27:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Altar
• Chalk
• Groves
• Idolatry
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Dragon
• Altar
• Chalkstone
• Images
• Isaiah
• Lime
• Raisins
• Salvation
• Sun-Worship

Commentaries on Isaiah 27

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings