Isaiah 23:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת יְעָצָ֑הּ לְחַלֵּל֙ גְּא֣וֹן כָּל־צְבִ֔י לְהָקֵ֖ל כָּל־נִכְבַּדֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

YHWH ṣĕbāʾôt yĕʿāṣāh lĕḥallēl gĕʾôn all-ṣĕbî lĕhāqēl all-nikbaddê-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ṣĕbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*yĕʿāṣāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he has purposed it
*lĕḥallēl*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - to profane/defile
*gĕʾôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - pride of
*ṣĕbî*: noun, masculine singular - beauty/glory
*lĕhāqēl*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to bring into contempt
*nikbaddê*: niphal participle, masculine plural construct - honored ones of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*ṣĕbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/heavenly forces
*yĕʿāṣāh*: purposed it/planned it/determined it
*lĕḥallēl*: to profane/to defile/to desecrate
*gĕʾôn*: pride/majesty/excellency
*ṣĕbî*: beauty/glory/splendor
*lĕhāqēl*: to bring into contempt/to dishonor/to make light of
*nikbaddê*-*ʾāreṣ*: honored ones of the earth/nobles of the land/respected of the world

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Job 40:11-12 : 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Ps 107:40 : 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Acts 4:28 : 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
1 Cor 1:26-29 : 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 3:11 : 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 5:13 : 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isa 5:15-16 : 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: 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Isa 9:15 : 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isa 10:33 : 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Jer 47:6-7 : 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
Jer 51:62 : 62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

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