Isaiah 27:7
5 Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
8 By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
9 Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
- KJV
- Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
- WEB
- Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
- ASV
- Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?
- DARBY
- Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?
- BLB
- Has He has struck him as the striking of one striking him? As if according to the slaughter of his slain was he slayed?
- ÅB
- Har vel Herren slått Israel så hårdt som han slo den som slo ham? Eller ble han drept slik som hans fiender ble drept?
- OTB
- Har han slått dem slik han slo dem som slo dem? Eller har de blitt drept slik de ble drept som drepte dem?
- B1930
- Har vel Herren slått Israel så hårdt som han slo den som slo ham? Eller blev han drept således som hans fiender blev drept?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 37:36–38
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Read in contextJeremiah 30:11–16
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read in contextJeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextDaniel 2:31–35
As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Read in contextNahum 3:19
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
Read in contextIsaiah 14:22–23
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:33–34
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
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