Isaiah 30:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּה שֵׁם־יְהוָה בָּא מִמֶּרְחָק בֹּעֵר אַפּוֹ וְכֹבֶד מַשָּׂאָה שְׂפָתָיו מָלְאוּ זַעַם וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָלֶת׃

Transliteration

Behold, [the] šēm of Yhwh comes from merḥāq, bōʿēr his ʾappô, and [with] heaviness of maśśāʾâ; his śepātāyw mālʾû zaʿam, and his lešônô like ʾēš ʾōḵālet.

Grammar Details

*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*Yhwh*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*merḥāq*: masculine singular noun - distant place/far away
*bōʿēr*: qal participle masculine singular - burning
*ʾappô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his nose/anger
*maśśāʾâ*: masculine singular noun - burden/load
*śepātāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his lips
*mālʾû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they are full
*zaʿam*: masculine singular noun - indignation/anger
*lešônô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his tongue
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
*ʾōḵālet*: qal participle feminine singular - consuming/devouring

Word Meanings

*šēm*: name of/reputation of
*merḥāq*: distant place/far away/remoteness
*bōʿēr*: burning/blazing/kindled
*ʾappô*: his nose/anger/wrath
*maśśāʾâ*: burden/load/lifting up
*śepātāyw*: his lips/speech
*mālʾû*: they are full/filled with
*zaʿam*: indignation/anger/fury
*lešônô*: his tongue/language
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*ʾōḵālet*: consuming/devouring/eating

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
Ps 18:7-9 : 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Ps 79:5 : 5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Isa 9:5 : 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.
Isa 10:5 : 5 Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
Isa 10:16-17 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire. 17 And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
Isa 33:12 : 12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Isa 34:9 : 9 And the streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
Isa 66:14 : 14 And ye shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
Lam 1:12-13 : 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger. 13 From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.
Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

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