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 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

6Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit. 7Has 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? In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind. 9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand. 10Yet the fortified city will be desolate, The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down And consume 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 fail before Me, And the souls which I have made.
• Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.
• Psalms 6:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
• Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
• Jeremiah 10:24O Lord, correct me, but with justice; Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you; Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
• Jeremiah 46:28Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord, “For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
• 1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.
• Isaiah 5:3“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
• Judges 10:10And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”
• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself, In that you have forsaken the Lord your God When He led you in the way?
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.
• Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but 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