Isaiah 27:7

Isaiah 27:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
• New International Version (NIV)Has the Lord struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him? Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?

Context of Isaiah 27:7

5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. 6The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world. Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies? 8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind. 9So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

Isaiah 27:7 word by word

הַכְּמַכַּ֥ת מַכֵּ֖הוּ הִכָּ֑הוּ אִם־כְּהֶ֥רֶג הֲרֻגָ֖יו הֹרָֽג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hath he smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him, as he smoteמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• is he slainהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• according to the slaughterהֶ֫רֶגhereg · slaughterH2027

Cross-references for Isaiah 27:7

• Isaiah 10:20At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 14:22“I will rise up against them,” says the Lord who commands armies. “I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces,” says the Lord.
• Isaiah 17:3Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,” says the Lord who commands armies.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
• Jeremiah 50:33The Lord who rules over all says, “The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free.
• Jeremiah 51:24“But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the Lord.
• Daniel 2:31“You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.
• Nahum 1:14The Lord has issued a decree against you: “Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave – because you are accursed!”
• Nahum 3:19Your destruction is like an incurable wound; your demise is like a fatal injury! All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty!

Commentaries on Isaiah 27:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote them? - Has God punished his people in the same manner and to the same extent as he has their enemies? It is implied by this question that he had not. He had indeed punished them for their sins, but he had I not destroyed them. Their enemies he had utterly destroyed. According to the slaughter of those that are slain by him - Hebrew, According to the slaying of his slain.‘ That is, not as our translation…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. 7Even though Israel was God's chosen people, they faced punishment like other wicked nations. However, Israel was not entirely destroyed. A small remnant survived.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. him ... those--Israel--Israel's enemies. Has God punished His people as severely as He has those enemies whom He employed to chastise Israel? No! Far from it. Israel, after trials, He will restore; Israel's enemies He will utterly destroy at last. the slaughter of them that are slain by him--rather, "Is Israel slain according to the slaughter of the enemy slain?" the slaughter wherewith the enemy is slain [Maurer].Read the comment

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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