Isaiah 28:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּה חָזָק וְאַמִּץ לַאדֹנָי כְּזֶרֶם בָּרָד שַׂעַר קָטֶב כְּזֶרֶם מַיִם כַּבִּירִים שֹׁטְפִים הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד

Transliteration

Hinnēh ḥāzāq wə-ʾammîṣ to-ʾăḏōnāy like-zerem bārāḏ śaʿar qāṭeḇ like-zerem mayim kabbîrîm šōṭəp̄îm hinnîaḥ to-ʾāreṣ with-yāḏ

Grammar Details

*Hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*ḥāzāq*: masculine singular adjective - strong
*wə-ʾammîṣ*: conjunction + masculine singular adjective - and mighty
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun with 1st plural suffix - Lord/my Lord
*zerem*: masculine singular construct - flood of
*bārāḏ*: masculine singular noun - hail
*śaʿar*: masculine singular construct - storm of
*qāṭeḇ*: masculine singular noun - destruction
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*kabbîrîm*: masculine plural adjective - mighty
*šōṭəp̄îm*: masculine plural participle - overflowing
*hinnîaḥ*: hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - cast down/laid down
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*yāḏ*: feminine singular noun - hand

Word Meanings

*ḥāzāq*: strong/mighty/powerful
*ʾammîṣ*: mighty/strong/brave
*qāṭeḇ*: destruction/pestilence/plague
*hinnîaḥ*: cast down/laid down/set down/cause to rest

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:30 : 30 And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
Ezek 13:11 : 11 say unto them that daub it with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Nah 1:8 : 8 But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Isa 29:6 : 6 She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Matt 7:25-27 : 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore {G1223} in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.
Ezek 30:10-11 : 10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Isa 40:10 : 10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 9:9-9 : 9 And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place. 11 Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies, 12 the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Isa 28:15-19 : 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste. 17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 19 As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.

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