Isaiah 1:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשֶׁ֧בֶר פֹּשְׁעִ֛ים וְחַטָּאִ֖ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וְעֹזְבֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה יִכְלֽוּ׃

Transliteration

wᵉšeber pōšᵉ'îm wᵉḥaṭṭāʾîm yaḥdāw wᵉ'ōzᵉbê YHWH yiklû

Grammar Details

• *wᵉšeber*: conjunction wə- + noun, masculine singular construct - but destruction of
• *pōšᵉ'îm*: participle, qal active, masculine plural - transgressors
• *wᵉḥaṭṭāʾîm*: conjunction wə- + noun, masculine plural - and sinners
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
• *wᵉ'ōzᵉbê*: conjunction wə- + participle, qal active, masculine plural construct - and those who forsake
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *yiklû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - will perish

Word Meanings

• *wᵉšeber*: destruction/breaking/crushing
• *pōšᵉ'îm*: transgressors/rebels/those who rebel
• *wᵉḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders
• *yaḥdāw*: together/at the same time/both
• *wᵉ'ōzᵉbê*: those who forsake/abandon/leave
• *yiklû*: will perish/be consumed/come to an end

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
• Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Isa 30:13 : 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• 1 Sam 12:25 : 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
• 1 Kgs 9:6-9 : 6 But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9 and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Isa 50:11 : 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
• Isa 65:11 : 11 But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;
• Isa 66:24 : 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
• Zeph 1:4-6 : 4 And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarim with the priests; 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam; 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
• Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, {G4328} and in an hour when he {G1097} knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint {G5087} his portion with the unfaithful.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
• Ps 9:5 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
• Ps 37:38 : 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
• Ps 73:27 : 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
• Ps 92:9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
• Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.