Isaiah 9:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֤ה כָאֵשׁ֙ רִשְׁעָ֔ה שָׁמִ֥יר וָשַׁ֖יִת תֹּאכֵ֑ל וַתִּצַּת֙ בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י הַיַּ֔עַר וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ גֵּא֥וּת עָשָֽׁן׃

Transliteration

For-bāʿărāh like ʾēš rišʿāh šāmîr and šayit tōʾḵēl and tiṣṣat in siḇəḵê the yaʿar and yitʾabbəḵû gēʾût ʿāšān.

Grammar Details

*bāʿărāh*: verb, Qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - burns
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - fire
*rišʿāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - wickedness
*šāmîr*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - brier/thorn
*šayit*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - thorn
*tōʾḵēl*: verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it devours
*tiṣṣat*: verb, Niphal, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it was kindled
*siḇəḵê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - thickets of
*yaʿar*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute with definite article - the forest
*yitʾabbəḵû*: verb, Hithpael, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they rolled up
*gēʾût*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - pride of/rising of
*ʿāšān*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - smoke

Word Meanings

*bāʿărāh*: burns/consumes/kindles
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*rišʿāh*: wickedness/evil/iniquity
*šāmîr*: brier/thorn/bramble
*šayit*: thorn/bramble
*tōʾḵēl*: devours/consumes/eats
*tiṣṣat*: was kindled/was set on fire
*siḇəḵê*: thickets of/dense growth of
*yaʿar*: forest/wooded area
*yitʾabbəḵû*: rolled up/mounted up/swirled upward
*gēʾût*: pride of/rising of/column of
*ʿāšān*: smoke/vapor

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Referenced Verses

Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Jer 18:21 : 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
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 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Isa 9:12 : 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Ps 147:10 : 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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 13:18 : 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 32:6-7 : 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isa 65:19 : 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Ezek 20:33 : 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Matt 16:3 : 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Job 15:34 : 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

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