Isaiah 27:8

Isaiah 27:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• New International Version (NIV)By warfare and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind.
• New Living Translation (NLT)No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.

Context of Isaiah 27:8

6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. 9Therefore 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. 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.

Isaiah 27:8 word by word

בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖ה בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה הָגָ֛ה בְּרוּח֥וֹ הַקָּשָׁ֖ה בְּי֥וֹם קָדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In measureסֵאסֵאsa'se'âh · to drive awayH5432
• when it shooteth forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: exileH7971
• thou wilt debateרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• with it: he stayethהָגָהhâgâh · to removeH1898
• his roughקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the east windקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921

Cross-references for Isaiah 27:8

• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
• Job 23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.
• Psalms 6:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
• Psalms 103:14For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
• Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
• Jeremiah 46:28Fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished."
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
• 1 Peter 1:6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
• Isaiah 1:5Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
• Judges 10:10And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals."
• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
• Hosea 6:1"Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

Commentaries on Isaiah 27:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8In measure … - This verse in our translation is exceedingly obscure, and indeed almost unintelligible. Nor is it much more intelligible in Lowth, or in Noyes; in the Vulgate, or the Septuagint. The various senses which have been given to the verse may be seen at length in Vitringa and Rosenmuller. The idea, which I suppose to be the true one, without going into an examination of others which have been proposed, is the following, which is as near as…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. 8The Assyrians forced many people from the northern kingdom of Israel into exile when Samaria fell in 722 BC. The Babylonians exiled many from Judah between 605 and 586 BC. Storms from the east were famous for their destructive effects (see Job 27:21; 38:24; Jeremiah 4:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. In measure--not beyond measure; in moderation (Job 23:6; Psa 6:1; Jr 10:24; 30:11; 46:28). when it shooteth--image from the vine; rather, passing from the image to the thing itself, "when sending her away (namely, Israel to exile; Is 50:1, God only putting the adulteress away when He might justly have put her to death), Thou didst punish her" [Gesenius]. stayeth--rather, as Margin, "when He removeth it by His rough wind in the day," &c. east…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• East wind
• Dragon
• Winds
• Isaiah
• Measure; Measures
• Salvation
• Wind

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