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Isaiah 1:6

Suffering

4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

5 Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.

8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
KJV
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
WEB
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
ASV
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
DARBY
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
BLB
From the sole of the foot and to the head, no soundness [is] in it—wounds and fresh stripes and blows; they have not been pressed and not bound up and not soothed with oil.
ÅB
Fra fotsåle til hode er der intet helt på det; sår, buler og friske slag! De er ikke klemt ut og ikke forbundet og ikke utbløtt med olje.
OTB
Fra fotsålen til hodet er det ingen sunnhet i det, bare blåmerker, byller og åpne sår; ikke presset ut, ikke forbundet, ikke lindret med olje.
B1930
Fra fotsåle til hode er der intet helt på det; sår, buler og friske slag! De er ikke klemt ut og ikke forbundet og ikke utbløtt med olje.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 6:14

    They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

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  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

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  • Matthew 9:12

    On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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  • Psalms 77:2

    In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

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  • Job 5:18

    For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

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  • Malachi 4:2

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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  • Psalms 38:3–5

    There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

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  • Luke 10:34

    He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

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