Isaiah 57:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly 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, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his 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 inherit 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 thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed 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 they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
• Mic 2:2-3 : 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's 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 land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen 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 be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• 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 LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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 is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
• Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
• Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Isa 9:13 : 13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.