Isaiah 28:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bonds be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּה אַל־תִּתְלוֹצָצוּ פֶּן־יֶחְזְקוּ מוֹסְרֵיכֶם כִּי־כָלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ

Transliteration

And-now not-tiṯlôṣāṣû lest-yeḥzəqû môsərêḵem for-ḵālāh and-neḥĕrāṣāh šāmaʿtî from-ʾēṯ ʾăḏōnāy YHWH ṣəḇāʾôṯ upon-all-hāʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *tiṯlôṣāṣû*: hitpael imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you scoff
• *yeḥzəqû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they become strong
• *môsərêḵem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your bonds
• *ḵālāh*: feminine singular noun - complete destruction
• *neḥĕrāṣāh*: niphal participle feminine singular - determined
• *šāmaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I have heard
• *ʾēṯ*: preposition - from
• *ʾăḏōnāy*: divine title - Lord/my Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ṣəḇāʾôṯ*: masculine plural noun - hosts/armies
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *tiṯlôṣāṣû*: you scoff/you mock/you scorn
• *yeḥzəqû*: become strong/be strengthened
• *môsərêḵem*: your bonds/your chains/your fetters
• *ḵālāh*: complete destruction/consumption/annihilation
• *neḥĕrāṣāh*: determined/decreed/decided

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now do not mock, or your chains will be even heavier, for I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore be ye not scoffers,{H3887} lest your bonds{H4147} be made strong;{H2388} for a decree{H2782} of destruction{H3617} have I heard{H8085} from the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H136} of hosts,{H6635} upon the whole earth.{H776}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore be ye not mockers{H3887}{(H8698)}, lest your bands{H4147} be made strong{H2388}{(H8799)}: for I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} from the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} a consumption{H3617}, even determined{H2782}{(H8737)} upon the whole earth{H776}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And therfore make no mockes at it, that youre captiuyte increase not: for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye, that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore be no mockers, least your bondes increase: for I haue heard of the Lorde of hostes a consumption, euen determined vpon the whole earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therefore see that ye be no mockers, lest your punishment increase: For I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes, that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore don't you be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, on the whole earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, `Is' for all the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore don't be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, against the entire land.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 10:22-23 : 22 For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a determined destruction in the midst of all the land.
• Isa 24:1-9 : 1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters abroad its inhabitants. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word. 4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the proud people of the earth do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down; every house is shut up, that no one may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction. 13 When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, it shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, 'My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.' 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes 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. 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and its transgression shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones who are on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
• Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
• Isa 32:12-14 : 12 They shall lament for the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the bustle of the city shall be abandoned; the forts and towers shall become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
• Jer 15:17 : 17 I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation.
• Jer 20:7 : 7 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived: you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocks me.
• Jer 25:11 : 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Jer 39:7 : 7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.
• Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
• Dan 9:26-27 : 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Matt 27:39 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,
• Matt 27:44 : 44 The thieves also, who were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
• Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Acts 13:40-41 : 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
• Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, We will hear you again on this matter.
• Rev 22:18-19 : 18 For I testify to every man who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man adds to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
• 2 Chr 30:10 : 10 So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
• 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
• Ps 107:16 : 16 For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.