Isaiah 9:19

Isaiah 9:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
• New International Version (NIV)By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts The land is burned up, And the people shall be as fuel for the fire; No man shall spare his brother.

Context of Isaiah 9:19

17For wickedness burns like a fire and consumes the briers and thorns It kindles the thickets of the forest, so they roll up in a column of smoke. 18By the wrath of Adonai-Tzva’ot is the land burnt up; The people are as fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother. One grabs with the right hand but is hungry, and eats with the left hand but is not satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm— 20Manasseh will devour Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh, both are against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is outstretched.

Isaiah 9:19 word by word

בְּעֶבְרַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת נֶעְתַּ֣ם אָ֑רֶץ וַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמַאֲכֹ֣לֶת אֵ֔שׁ אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֖יו לֹ֥א יַחְמֹֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Through the wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• is the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• darkenedעָתַם‛âtham · to burnH6272
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall be as the fuelמַאֲכֹ֫לֶתma'ăkôleth · fuelH3980
• of the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• no manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• shall spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• his brotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251

Cross-references for Isaiah 9:19

• Isaiah 5:30They will roar against them like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress! The light is darkened by the clouds.
• Isaiah 8:22or look to the earth, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be driven into darkness.
• Isaiah 24:11In the streets is an outcry for wine; all joy becomes dark as evening; the mirth of the land is banished.
• Isaiah 60:2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness the peoples. But Adonai will arise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
• Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
• Amos 5:18Oy to you—longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will be darkness and not light.
• Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour, darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
• Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious Day of Adonai comes.
• Isaiah 9:5For to us a child is born, a son will be given to us, and the government will be upon His shoulder. His Name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God My Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 13:18Their bows will cut down the young men, with no pity on the fruit of the womb, nor will their eye spare children.
• Ezekiel 9:5To the others He said in my hearing: “Go through the city after him and strike. Show no pity or compassion;
• Micah 7:2The pious have perished from the land, there is none upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood. A man hunts his brother with a net.
• 2 Peter 2:4For God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into Sheol. He put them in chains of gloomy darkness, to be held until the judgment.

Commentaries on Isaiah 9:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Through the wrath - By the anger, or indignation. This spreading desolation is the proof of his anger. Is the land darkened - The word used here - עתם ‛âtham - occurs nowhere else. According to Gesenius, it is the same as תמם tâmam to be or make complete; and hence means, “in this place, to be consumed, or laid waste.” Kimchi and Aben Ezra render it, The land is darkened.‘ Septuagint, ́ Sungkekautai Chaldee, צרוכת chărôkat - Is scorched.‘ Jerome…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected. The leaders of the people misled them. We have reason to be afraid of those that speak well of us, when we do ill. Wickedness was universal, all were infected with it. They shall be in trouble, and see no way…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-21After the leaders were destroyed, the nation would fall into chaos. With no strong leadership, people would turn against one another. Civil war would then destroy the nation. It would spread quickly and cause great damage, like a brushfire that no one can control.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2118-21. Third strophe. burneth--maketh consumption, not only spreading rapidly, but also consuming like fire: sin is its own punishment. briers ... thorns--emblem of the wicked; especially those of low rank (Is 27:4; 2Sa 23:6). forest--from the humble shrubbery the flame spreads to the vast forest; it reaches the high, as well as the low. mount up like ... smoke--rather. "They (the thickets of the forest) shall lift themselves proudly aloft [the Hebrew is…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 9

• 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