Isaiah 22:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא לִבְכִי֙ וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃

Transliteration

And-yiqrāʾ ʾᵃdōnāy YHWH ṣᵉbāʾôt in-the-yôm the-that to-bᵉkî and-to-mispēd and-to-qorḥāh and-to-ḥᵃgōr śāq

Grammar Details

• וַיִּקְרָ֗א: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, apocopated - and he called
• *ʾᵃdōnāy*: noun with 1st person plural suffix - my Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: masculine plural - hosts/armies
• בַּיּ֣וֹם: preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the day
• הַה֑וּא: definite article + demonstrative pronoun - that
• לִבְכִי֙: preposition + masculine singular - to weeping
• וּלְמִסְפֵּ֔ד: conjunction + preposition + masculine singular - and to mourning
• וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular - and to baldness
• וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר: conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and to gird
• *śāq*: masculine singular - sackcloth

Word Meanings

• *yiqrāʾ*: called/summoned/invited
• *ʾᵃdōnāy*: my Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD
• *ṣᵉbāʾôt*: hosts/armies
• *bᵉkî*: weeping/crying
• *mispēd*: mourning/wailing/lamentation
• *qorḥāh*: baldness (sign of mourning)
• *ḥᵃgōr*: gird/wrap/put on
• *śāq*: sackcloth (rough cloth worn during mourning)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And at the same tyme shal ye LORDE of hoostes cal me to wepinge mourninge, to baldnesse and puttinge on of sack clothe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng, to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In that day did the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

• World English Bible (2000)

  In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• Mic 1:16 : 16 Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness like the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.
• Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
• Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
• Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Ezra 9:3 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.
• Neh 8:9-9 : 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; do not be grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
• Neh 9:9 : 9 And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea;
• Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground and worshipped.
• Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
• Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.
• Isa 15:2 : 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.