Isaiah 2:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח אָדָ֖ם וַיִּשְׁפַּל־אִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֖א לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-yiššaḥ ʾādām and-yišpal-ʾîš, and-not-tiśśāʾ to-them.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yiššaḥ*: conjunction + verb, niphal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and is bowed down
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - mankind/humanity
• *wa-yišpal*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and is humbled
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/person
• *wə-ʾal*: conjunction + negative particle (prohibition) - and do not
• *tiśśāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular jussive - lift up/forgive
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them

Word Meanings

• *yiššaḥ*: is bowed down/brought low/humbled
• *ʾādām*: mankind/humanity/common people
• *yišpal*: is humbled/brought low/made low
• *ʾîš*: man/person/each one
• *tiśśāʾ*: lift up/forgive/pardon

Referenced Verses

• Isa 5:15 : 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
• Ps 49:2 : 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid{H8800)} in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
• Neh 4:5 : 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
• Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
• Isa 57:9 : 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
• Jer 18:23 : 23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
• Mark 3:29 : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
• Rom 3:23 : 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
• Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
• Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
• Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?