Isaiah 8:14

King James 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, even to them which 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 fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
• Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Ezek 11:16 : 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
• Ps 46:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear{H8799)}, though the earth be removed{H8687)}, and though the mountains be carried{H8800)} into the midst of the sea;
• Ps 69:22 : 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD 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 honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
• Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
• Rom 11:9-9 : 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for 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 as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
• Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of 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 from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
• Isa 26:20 : 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.