Isaiah 27:8
6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
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.
10 For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
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
- By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
- KJV
- In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
- WEB
- In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
- ASV
- In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
- DARBY
- In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken [her] away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
- BLB
- In driving her off, in sending her out, You have contended with her; He removed it by His harsh wind, [as] on the day of the east wind.
- ÅB
- Med måte gikk du i rette med folket da du jaget det fra deg. Herren drev det bort med sitt hårde vær på østenvindens dag.
- OTB
- Ved krig og eksil kjempet du mot dem— med sin voldsomme vind drev han dem bort, som på dagen da østvinden blåser.
- B1930
- Med måte gikk du i rette med folket da du jaget det fra dig. Herren drev det bort med sitt hårde vær på østenvindens dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 19:12
But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:11
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
Read in contextJeremiah 10:24
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Read in contextHosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Read in context1 Peter 1:6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Read in contextHosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
Read in contextJeremiah 46:28
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read in contextHosea 6:1–2
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
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