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

6In those days a man will say to his brother, “Since you have a coat, you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of ruins!” 7But he will reply, “No! I can’t help. I don’t have any extra food or clothes. Don’t put me in charge!” For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him. They provoke him to his face. 9The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves. 10Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!

Isaiah 3:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• is ruinedכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• is fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• because their tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• and their doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to provokeמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
• the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• of his gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519

Cross-references for Isaiah 3:8

• 2 Chronicles 28:5Because of all this, the Lord his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of the king of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17So the Lord brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
• Jeremiah 26:6then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.’”
• Lamentations 5:16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
• Micah 3:12Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins! A thicket will grow on the heights where the Temple now stands.
• Isaiah 5:18What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
• Isaiah 57:4Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!
• Psalms 73:8They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others.
• Ezekiel 8:12Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’”
• Ezekiel 9:9Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’
• Hosea 7:16They look everywhere except to the Most High. They are as useless as a crooked bow. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.
• Malachi 3:13“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
• Matthew 12:36And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.
• Jude 1:15to execute judgment on the people of the world. He will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
• Isaiah 65:3All day long they insult me to my face by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens. They burn incense on pagan altars.

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
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• Base
• Bravery
• Cunning
• Fruit
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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