Isaiah 9:5

Isaiah 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
• New International Version (NIV)Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.

Context of Isaiah 9:5

3You will multiply the nation, You will increase their joy; They will rejoice in Your presence As with the joy of harvest, As people rejoice when they divide the spoils. 4For You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian. For every boot of the marching warrior in the roar of battle, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. 6For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.

Isaiah 9:5 word by word

כִּ֤י כָל־סְאוֹן֙ סֹאֵ֣ן בְּרַ֔עַשׁ וְשִׂמְלָ֖ה מְגוֹלָלָ֣ה בְדָמִ֑ים וְהָיְתָ֥ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֖ה מַאֲכֹ֥לֶת אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• For everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• bootסְאוֹןse'ôn · bootH5430
• of the marchingסָאַןsâ'an · to treadH5431
• in the roarרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• And cloakשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
• rolledגָּלַלgâlal · to rollH1556
• in bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• will be for burningשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
• fuelמַאֲכֹ֫לֶתma'ăkôleth · fuelH3980
• for the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Isaiah 9:5

• Isaiah 13:4A sound of a roar on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of an uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The Lord of armies is mustering the army for battle.
• 1 Samuel 14:19While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
• Jeremiah 47:3Because of the noise of the galloping hoofs of his stallions, The roar of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers have not turned back for their children, Because of the debility of their hands,
• Joel 2:5With a noise as of chariots They leap about on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.
• Nahum 3:2The sound of the whip, The sound of the roar of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots!
• Isaiah 4:4When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning,
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord, the God of armies, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
• Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large, A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the rest got up early in the morning, behold, all of the 185,000 were dead.
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the Lord will come in fire, And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.
• Ezekiel 39:8Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord God. “That is the day of which I have spoken.
• Malachi 3:2“But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap.
• Matthew 3:11“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Acts 2:3And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each one of them.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Commentaries on Isaiah 9:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Every battle of the warrior "The greaves of the armed warrior" - שאון שאון seon soen . This word, occurring only in this place, is oaf very doubtful signification. Schindler fairly tells us that we may guess at it by the context. The Jews have explained it, by guess I believe, as signifying battle, conflict: the Vulgate renders it violenta praedatio. But it seems as if something was rather meant which was capable of becoming fuel for the fire, together…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For every battle of the warrior - The expression used here has caused great difficulty, from the fact that it occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. The word סאון se'ôn rendered here battle, is supposed to mean rather greaves, or the armor of the warrior which covered the feet and the legs. It would be literally translated, Every greave of those armed with greaves.‘ - Gesenius. The Chaldee renders it, Forevery gift of theirs is for evil.‘ The Syriac…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Burning the boots and uniforms marked the end of the need for instruments of war.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. every battle, &c.--rather, "every greave of (the warrior who is) armed with greaves in the din of battle, and the martial garment (or cloak, called by the Latins sagum) rolled in blood, shall be for burning, (and) fuel for fire" [Maurer]. All warlike accoutrements shall be destroyed, as no longer required in the new era of peace (Is 2:4; 11:6, 7; Psa 46:9; Eze 39:9; Mi 5:5, 10; Zec 9:9, 10). Compare Mal 4:1, as to the previous burning up of the wicked.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 9:5

• Church
• Gentiles
• Isaiah
• Jesus, the Christ
• War

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Commentaries on Isaiah 9

• 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