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 King James Version (NKJV)In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind.

Context of Isaiah 27:8

6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit. 7Did He strike Israel as He struck those who struck them? Or were they slain as their slayers were slain? You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind. 9So by this will Jacob’s sin be atoned and this the full price to remove his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like shattered chalk stones, so that the Asherah poles and incense rise no more. 10The fortified city is a lonely habitation, forlorn and forsaken like the desert. There the calf will graze, there 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 grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
• Job 23:6Would He oppose me with great power? No, He would only pay attention to me.
• Psalms 6:1For the music director, on the eight-string lyre, a psalm of David.
• Psalms 38:1A psalm of David, for a memorial.
• Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame. He remembers that we are but dust.
• Jeremiah 10:24Chasten me, Adonai, but with justice, not in Your anger, lest You reduce me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,” declares Adonai, “to save you, for I will make a full end of all the nations where I scatter you. but I will not make a full end of you. For I will discipline you justly, but will not leave you unpunished.”
• Jeremiah 46:28Fear not, Jacob My servant” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you. I will discipline you with justice, but will not utterly destroy you.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken hold of you except what is common to mankind. But God is faithful—He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can handle. But with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape, so you will be able to endure it.
• 1 Peter 1:6You rejoice in this greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials.
• Isaiah 1:5Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 5:3So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
• Judges 10:10Then Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have forsaken our God and have worshipped the Baalim.”
• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself, when He led you in the way?
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Adonai, Bnei-Yisrael! For Adonai has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no covenant loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.
• Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to Adonai. For He has torn, but He will heal us. He has smitten, 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