Isaiah 8:9

Isaiah 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
• New International Version (NIV)Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!

Context of Isaiah 8:9

7Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty— The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks. 8He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel. “Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces. 10Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.” 11For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

Isaiah 8:9 word by word

רֹ֤עוּ עַמִּים֙ וָחֹ֔תּוּ וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל מֶרְחַקֵּי־אָ֑רֶץ הִתְאַזְּר֣וּ וָחֹ֔תּוּ הִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּ וָחֹֽתּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Associateרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · to shatterH7489
• yourselves, O ye peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and ye shall be broken in piecesחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• and give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• ye of farמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
• countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• girdאָזַר'âzar · to girdH247

Cross-references for Isaiah 8:9

• Isaiah 7:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.
• Isaiah 54:15Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
• Jeremiah 46:9Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
• Ezekiel 28:9“Will you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am a god’? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.
• Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
• Micah 4:11Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say, “Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.”
• Zechariah 14:1Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
• Revelation 17:12“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.
• Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
• Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;
• Isaiah 28:13But the word of the Lord was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little,” That they might go and fall backward, and be broken And snared and caught.
• Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct.
• Proverbs 11:21Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
• 1 Kings 20:11So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”

Commentaries on Isaiah 8:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Associate yourselves "Know ye this" - God by his prophet plainly declares to the confederate adversaries of Judah, and bids them regard and attend to his declaration, that all their efforts shall be in vain. The present reading, רעו rou, is subject to many difficulties; I follow that of the Septuagint, דעו deu, . Archbishop Secker approves this reading. דעו deu know ye this, is parallel and synonymous to האזינו haazinu, give ear to It, in the next line…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Associate yourselves - In the previous verses the prophet had seen the Assyrian coming up on the land like an overwhelming flood. He looked upon the danger, and his mind was turned to the pledge of safety which God had given. The name Immanuel, and the promise connected with the giving of that name Isaiah 7:16, reminded him of the perfect safety of the nation, for it was a pledge that God was with them; see Isaiah 8:10. In view of this pledge of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The Lord, who will be a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10God's plan to save his stubborn people would eventually succeed. God intended to destroy Assyria, just as he does with any proud nation that rejects him or brags about its own power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Associate yourselves--rather, "Raise tumults," or, Rage, that is, Do your worst [Maurer], referring perhaps to the attack of Rezin and Pekah on Jerusalem. and ... be broken in pieces--rather, "yet ye shall be thrown into consternation." Imperative in the Hebrew, according to the idiom whereby the second of two imperatives implies the future, namely, the consequence of the action contained in the first (so Is 6:9). The name "Immanuel" in Is 8:8 (compare…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 8:9

• Armies
• Assyria
• Pekah

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Commentaries on Isaiah 8

• 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