Isaiah 23:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת יְעָצָ֑הּ לְחַלֵּל֙ גְּא֣וֹן כָּל־צְבִ֔י לְהָקֵ֖ל כָּל־נִכְבַּדֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

YHWH ṣĕbāʾôt yĕʿāṣāh lĕḥallēl gĕʾôn all-ṣĕbî lĕhāqēl all-nikbaddê-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ṣĕbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*yĕʿāṣāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he has purposed it
*lĕḥallēl*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - to profane/defile
*gĕʾôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - pride of
*ṣĕbî*: noun, masculine singular - beauty/glory
*lĕhāqēl*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to bring into contempt
*nikbaddê*: niphal participle, masculine plural construct - honored ones of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*ṣĕbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/heavenly forces
*yĕʿāṣāh*: purposed it/planned it/determined it
*lĕḥallēl*: to profane/to defile/to desecrate
*gĕʾôn*: pride/majesty/excellency
*ṣĕbî*: beauty/glory/splendor
*lĕhāqēl*: to bring into contempt/to dishonor/to make light of
*nikbaddê*-*ʾāreṣ*: honored ones of the earth/nobles of the land/respected of the world

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Job 40:11-12 : 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Ps 107:40 : 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
1 Cor 1:26-29 : 26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 29 that no {G3956} flesh should glory before God.
Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
Eph 3:11 : 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 5:13 : 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
Isa 5:15-16 : 15 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled: 16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Isa 9:15 : 15 The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isa 10:33 : 33 Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.
Isa 14:24 : 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isa 14:27 : 27 For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isa 46:10-11 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
Jer 47:6-7 : 6 O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. 7 How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.
Jer 51:62 : 62 and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

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