Isaiah 57:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּעֲוֺ֥ן בִּצְע֛וֹ קָצַ֥פְתִּי וְאַכֵּ֖הוּ הַסְתֵּ֣ר וְאֶקְצֹ֑ף וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ שׁוֹבָ֖ב בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ לִבּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

baʿăwōn biṣəʿô qāṣaptî wə-ʾakkēhû hastēr wə-ʾeqṣōp wayyēlek šôbāb bəderek libbô.

Grammar Details

• *baʿăwōn*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - because of the iniquity of
• *biṣəʿô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his unjust gain/covetousness
• *qāṣaptî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was angry
• *wə-ʾakkēhû*: conjunctive waw + hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and I struck him
• *hastēr*: hiphil infinitive absolute - hiding/concealing
• *wə-ʾeqṣōp*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I was angry
• *wayyēlek*: conjunctive waw + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he went
• *šôbāb*: adjective, masculine, singular - backsliding/rebellious
• *bəderek*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular construct - in the way of
• *libbô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his heart

Word Meanings

• *ʿăwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment
• *biṣəʿô*: his unjust gain/covetousness/dishonest profit
• *qāṣaptî*: I was angry/wrathful/indignant
• *ʾakkēhû*: I struck him/smote him/punished him
• *hastēr*: hiding/concealing (emphatic form)
• *šôbāb*: backsliding/rebellious/turning away
• *derek* *libbô*: way of his heart/his own way/his self-chosen path

Referenced Verses

• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
• Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
• Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
• Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
• Mic 2:2-3 : 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's {G846} life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Luke 15:14-16 : 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
• Eph 5:3-5 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
• 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
• Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.
• Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! 9 In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
• Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Isa 9:13 : 13 Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.
• Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.