Isaiah 1:6

Isaiah 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
• New International Version (NIV)From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

Context of Isaiah 1:6

4Oh! Israel, you are a nation of people who do not obey me. The people are guilty of many evil things. Their sins are like a heavy weight on their backs. They are a family of people who do wicked things. They have turned away from the Lord, the Holy God of Israel. They have turned their backs against him. 5You continue to fight against God. Why do you do that? God will continue to punish you. You are weak and you hurt all over. Your mind and your body have great pain. From the bottom of your feet, to the top of your head, everywhere hurts! There are wounds all over your body that are still bleeding. Nobody has cleaned your wounds or covered them. Nobody has put olive oil on them to make them better. 7Your land has become useless. Fire has destroyed your towns and cities. Foreign people have taken the crops from your fields, while you stood there and watched. Strangers have destroyed everything in your country. 8Jerusalem is now like a hut in a vineyard or in a field of crops. It stands there alone, with its enemies all round it.

Isaiah 1:6 word by word

מִכַּף־רֶ֤גֶל וְעַד־רֹאשׁ֙ אֵֽין־בּ֣וֹ מְתֹ֔ם פֶּ֥צַע וְחַבּוּרָ֖ה וּמַכָּ֣ה טְרִיָּ֑ה לֹא־זֹ֙רוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֻבָּ֔שׁוּ וְלֹ֥א רֻכְּכָ֖ה בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
• of the footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• even unto the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• no soundnessמְתֹםmethôm · soundnessH4974
• woundsפֶּ֫צַעpetsa‛ · woundH6482
• and bruisesחַבּוּרָהchabbûrâh chabbûrâh chăbûrâh · woundH2250
• and putrifyingטָרִיţârîy · freshH2961
• soresמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• they have not been closedזוּרzûr · to crushH2115
• neither bound upחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• neither mollifiedרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
• with ointmentשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:6

• Job 2:7So Satan went away. He caused Job to have boils all over his body. They hurt him everywhere, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
• Luke 16:20There was also a poor man called Lazarus. He had sores all over his body. He lay outside the gate of the rich man.
• 2 Chronicles 6:28Sometimes, there may be other troubles in our land. There may be a famine or a bad disease. Our crops may not grow and our animals may be ill. Locusts may destroy our crops. An enemy may attack some cities in our land. Or there may be other kinds of illness or trouble.
• Psalms 77:2When trouble came to me, I looked for the Lord to help me. All through the night, I lifted my hands to him while I prayed. But I did not feel peace in myself.
• Jeremiah 6:14They tell my people that their wounds are not bad. They say to them, “No problem! You will have peace!” But there will be no peace for my people.
• Jeremiah 30:12The Lord says this to Zion's people: ‘You have received very bad wounds. Nobody can make you well again.
• Nahum 3:19You have received a bad wound and nobody can make it better. People have heard about what happened to you. All of them are very happy and they clap their hands. That is because you have done cruel things to all of them.
• Job 5:18He may cause you to have pain, but he will make you well again. He may hurt you, but he will also give you health.
• Psalms 38:3Your punishment has made my whole body ill. My health has gone, because of my sin.
• Jeremiah 8:21I am very upset because my dear people have so much pain. I weep and I cry, as if a friend had died.
• Jeremiah 33:6But listen to me! I will bring health again to the people of this city. I will make my people well again. They will live safely in peace.
• Hosea 5:12I will destroy the people of Ephraim, as a moth eats cloth. I will also destroy the people of Judah, as ants destroy wood.
• Malachi 4:2‘But it will be different for you who respect my name. My power to make you well again will come to you. It will be like the sun that rises to shine on you. When that happens, you will be very happy. You will jump up and down like young cows when someone lets them go free.
• Matthew 9:12Jesus heard what the Pharisees were saying. He said to them, ‘People who are well do not need a doctor. It is people who are ill that need a doctor.
• Luke 10:34He went across to him. He poured oil and wine on the places where he was bleeding. Then he tied those places with clean cloths. After that, he put the man on his own donkey to carry him. They arrived at a small hotel. He took the man in there and he was kind to him.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They have not been closed, etc. "It hath not been pressed," etc. - The pharmaceutical art in the East consists chiefly in external applications: accordingly the prophet's images in this place are all taken from surgery. Sir John Chardin, in his note on Proverbs 3:8, "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones," observes that "the comparison is taken from the plasters, ointments, oils, and frictions, which are made use of in the East upon the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6From the sole of the foot … - Or is we say, from head to foot,‘ that is, in every part of the body. There may be included also the idea that this extended from the lowest to the highest among the people. The Chaldee paraphrase is, from the lowest of the people even to the princes - all are contumacious and rebellious.‘ No soundness - מתם methôm from תמם tâmam to be perfect, sound, uninjured. There is no part unaffected; no part that is sound. It is all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil: Judah's national condition was like an injured person who had not received medical care.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. From the lowest to the highest of the people; "the ancient and honorable, the head, the prophet that teacheth lies, the tail." See Is 9:13-16. He first states their wretched condition, obvious to all (Is 1:6-9); and then, not previously, their irreligious state, the cause of it. wounds--judicially inflicted (Ho 5:13). mollified with ointment--The art of medicine in the East consists chiefly in external applications (Lu 10:34; Jas 5:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Anointing
• Backsliders
• Church
• Depravity of Man
• Disease
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Medicine
• Sick, the
• Sin
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Wicked (People)
• Wounds

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Commentaries on Isaiah 1

• 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