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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 27:8

6In times to come Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom, bud, and fill the whole world with fruit. 7Will the Lord hurt Israel as he hurt others who hurt them? Will he kill them as he killed others? He punished Israel by sending it away. He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds. 9In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up. This is the way they will turn from their sins— when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalk and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah or incense altars are left standing. 10The fortified city is isolated. The homestead is left deserted, abandoned like the desert. Calves will graze there. They will lie down. They will feed on the 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 57:16I will not accuse you forever. I will not be angry with you forever. Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I’ve made, would grow faint in my presence.
• Job 23:6Would he sue me and hide behind great legal maneuvers? No, he certainly would press charges against me.
• Psalms 6:1O Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath.
• Psalms 103:14He certainly knows what we are made of. He bears in mind that we are dust.
• Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but please be fair. Don’t correct me when you’re angry. Otherwise, you’ll reduce me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11I am with you, and I will rescue you,” declares the Lord. “I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.
• Jeremiah 46:28Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares the Lord. “I am with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:13There isn’t any temptation that you have experienced which is unusual for humans. God, who faithfully keeps his promises, will not allow you to be tempted beyond your power to resist. But when you are tempted, he will also give you the ability to endure the temptation as your way of escape.
• 1 Peter 1:6You are extremely happy about these things, even though you have to suffer different kinds of trouble for a little while now.
• Isaiah 1:5“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.
• Isaiah 5:3Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between me and my vineyard!
• Judges 10:10Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. They said, “We have sinned against you. We have abandoned our God and served other gods—the Baals.”
• Jeremiah 2:17You have brought this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God when he led you on his way.
• Hosea 4:1Listen to the Lord’s word, you Israelites. The Lord has brought these charges against those who live in the land: “There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
• Hosea 6:1Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.

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

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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