Isaiah 29:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתּֽ͏ַעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָֽׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר

Transliteration

hitmahməhû and-təmāhû hištaʿašʿû and-šōʿû šāḵrû and-not-yayin nāʿû and-not šēḵār

Grammar Details

• *hitmahməhû*: verb, hithpalpel imperative, masculine plural - delay/linger/be astounded
• *tĕmāhû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - be astounded/amazed
• *hištaʿašʿû*: verb, hithpalpel imperative, masculine plural - blind yourselves/be blinded
• *šōʿû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - be blinded/smeared over
• *šāḵrû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are drunk
• *wĕ-lōʾ-yayin*: conjunction waw + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - but not with wine
• *nāʿû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they stagger
• *wĕ-lōʾ*: conjunction waw + negative particle - but not
• *šēḵār*: noun, masculine singular - strong drink

Word Meanings

• *hitmahməhû*: delay/linger/be astounded/astonish yourselves
• *təmāhû*: be astounded/amazed/stunned
• *hištaʿašʿû*: blind yourselves/be blinded/delight yourselves
• *šōʿû*: be blinded/smeared over/shut your eyes
• *šāḵrû*: they are drunk/intoxicated
• *nāʿû*: they stagger/reel/totter
• *šēḵār*: strong drink/intoxicating drink

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:21-22 : 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
• Isa 19:14 : 14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
• Isa 33:13-14 : 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
• Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isa 22:12-13 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
• Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
• Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
• Jer 2:12 : 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
• Jer 23:9 : 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
• Jer 25:27 : 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 51:7 : 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
• Lam 4:21 : 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
• Hab 1:5 : 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
• Matt 26:45 : 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
• Mark 14:41 : 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
• Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.