Isaiah 3:8

Isaiah 3:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
• New International Version (NIV)Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the Lord, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

Context of Isaiah 3:8

6When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, “You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge,” 7He will protest on that day, saying, “I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people.” For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence. 9The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. 10Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Isaiah 3:8 word by word

כִּ֤י כָשְׁלָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וִיהוּדָ֖ה נָפָ֑ל כִּֽי־לְשׁוֹנָ֤ם וּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה לַמְר֖וֹת עֵנֵ֥י כְבוֹדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• has stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• has fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• Becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• speechלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• and their actionsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• are againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• rebelמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
• presenceעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:8

• 2 Chronicles 28:5Wherefore, the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they defeated him and carried away from him a great number of captives and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who inflicted him with heavy casualties.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
• Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”
• Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
• Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.
• Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
• Isaiah 57:4Against whom do you jest? Against whom do you open wide your mouth And stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, Offspring of deceit,
• Psalms 73:8They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
• Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Hosea 7:16They turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
• Malachi 3:13“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
• Matthew 12:36But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
• Jude 1:15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
• Isaiah 65:3A people who continually provoke Me to My face, Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks;

Commentaries on Isaiah 3:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The eyes "The cloud" - This word appears to be of very doubtful form, from the printed editions, the MSS., and the ancient versions. The first yod in עיני eyney, which is necessary according to the common interpretation, is in many of them omitted; the two last letters are upon a rasure in two MSS. I think it should be ענן anan, "a cloud," as the Syriac reads; and the allusion is to the cloud in in which the glory of the Lord appeared above the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For Jerusalem … - The prophet proceeds to show the cause of this state of things. These are the words of the prophet, and not of him who was chosen leader.‘ - “Jerome.” Is ruined - It would be so ruined, and the prospect of preserving it would be so completely taken away, that no one could be induced to undertake to defend and protect it. Judah - The kingdom of Judah, of which Jerusalem was the capital; Note Isaiah 1:1. Is fallen - Hebrew, “falls;” that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The weakness of human strength and society can be seen as a form of divine judgment. His glorious presence: The people of Judah were openly wicked, like the people of Sodom (Isaiah 3:9; see also 1:9–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Reason given by the prophet, why all shrink from the government. eyes of his glory--to provoke His "glorious" Majesty before His "eyes" (compare Is 49:5; Ha 1:13). The Syriac and Lowth, by a slight change of the Hebrew, translate, "the cloud of His glory," the Shekinah.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 3:8

• Anarchy
• Eye
• Famine
• Infidelity
• Jerusalem
• Sin

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• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Ancient
• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
• Girding

Commentaries on Isaiah 3

• 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