Isaiah 8:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֖ה לְמִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּלְאֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף וּלְצ֨וּר מִכְשׁ֜וֹל לִשְׁנֵ֨י בָתֵּ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְפַ֣ח וּלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ לְיוֹשֵׁ֖ב יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-hāyāh for-miqdāš and-for-ʾeben negep and-for-ṣûr mikšôl to-two bāttê yiśrāʾēl for-paḥ and-for-môqēš to-yôšēb yərûšālā͏im

Grammar Details

• *hāyāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *miqdāš*: noun masculine singular - sanctuary/holy place
• *ʾeben*: noun feminine singular construct - stone of
• *negep*: noun masculine singular - striking/stumbling
• *ṣûr*: noun masculine singular construct - rock of
• *mikšôl*: noun masculine singular - stumbling/obstacle
• *šənê*: number construct - two of
• *bāttê*: noun masculine plural construct - houses of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *paḥ*: noun masculine singular - trap/snare
• *môqēš*: noun masculine singular - snare/trap
• *yôšēb*: qal participle masculine singular construct - inhabitant of/dweller in
• *yərûšālā͏im*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *miqdāš*: sanctuary/holy place/refuge
• *ʾeben negep*: stone of stumbling/stumbling stone
• *ṣûr mikšôl*: rock of offense/rock causing stumbling
• *paḥ*: trap/snare/net
• *môqēš*: snare/trap/stumbling block
• *bāttê yiśrāʾēl*: houses of Israel (likely referring to northern and southern kingdoms)

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
• Isa 28:16 : 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.
• Ezek 11:16 : 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
• Ps 46:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
• Ps 69:22 : 22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• Matt 13:57 : 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
• Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
• Rom 11:9-9 : 9 And David saith, Let their table be made {G1519} a snare, and {G1519} a trap, And {G1519} a stumblingblock, and {G1519} a recompense unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always. 11 I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
• Rom 11:35 : 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
• Luke 21:35 : 35 for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
• Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.
• Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
• Isa 26:20 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.