Isaiah 27:8
in Isaiah 27By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
KJV
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
⋯
This verse in Isaiah 27
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In measure ... - This verse in our translation is exceedingly obscure, and indeed almost unintelligible. Nor is it much more intelligible in Lowth, or in Noyes; in the Vulgate, or the Septuagint. The various senses which have been given to the verse may be seen at length in Vitringa and Rosenmuller.
This site's exposition
Has the LORD struck Israel
on Isaiah 27:7-9
Verse 7 asks, "Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors?" and the answer is no, for "By warfare and exile You contended with her". Verse 9 names the purpose: "Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for" when he makes "all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk".
This site's exposition
By warfare and exile You contended with her
By warfare and exile the LORD contended with Israel and removed her, and the King James renders the opening in measure. Henry reads that as a physician's dose. The fierce east wind is the desert wind of Hosea 13:15.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8) When it has measured out against the measure, you shall judge it. LXX: He will send them out, quarreling and reproaching. According to the Hebrew sense here: As Jerusalem has done, so she will receive, and according to the measure with which she has measured, it will be measured to her in return. And then she will receive a full measure, when the time of judgment comes and God has rejected her. According to the LXX, it depends on what was said earlier.
The Medieval Church1 voice
In measure: here he threatens judgment adequate to their sin; when it shall be cast off, from the worship of God through faithlessness, not believing in Christ: according to the measure of the sin shall the measure also of the stripes be (Deut 25:2); he …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Contend - God is said to contend with men, when he executes his judgments upon them, Amos vii, 4. Stayeth - He mitigates the severity of the judgment. In the day - In the time when he sends forth his east-wind; which he mentions because that wind in those parts was most violent and most hurtful.
He will deal out afflictions to them as the wise physician prescribes medicines to his patients, just such a quantity of each ingredient, or orders how much blood shall be taken when a vein is opened: thus God orders the troubles of his people, not suffering them to be tempted above what they are able, 1 Cor. x.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it,....
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
In measure--not beyond measure; in moderation (Job 23:6; 46:28). when it shooteth--image from the vine; rather, passing from the image to the thing itself, "when sending her away (namely, Israel to exile;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens+odd-straight-quotes
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖ה | besaseah | by startling | H5432 → | |
| בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ | beshalchah | by sending away it | H7971 → | 845 times |
| תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה | terivenah | you will conduct a case with it | H7378 → | 67 times |
| הָגָ֛ה | hagah | he drove out | H1898 → | |
| בְּרוּח֥וֹ | berucho | by wind his | H7307 → | 378 times |
| הַקָּשָׁ֖ה | hakashah | <the> fierce | H7186 → | 36 times |
| בְּי֥וֹם | beyom | in [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| קָדִֽים׃ | kadim | [the] east wind | H6921 → |
בְּסַּאסְּאָ֖הby startling
besaseahH5432 →
בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּby sending away it
beshalchahH7971 →845 times
תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּהyou will conduct a case with it
terivenahH7378 →67 times
הָגָ֛הhe drove out
hagahH1898 →
בְּרוּח֥וֹby wind his
beruchoH7307 →378 times
הַקָּשָׁ֖ה<the> fierce
hakashahH7186 →36 times
בְּי֥וֹםin [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
קָדִֽים׃[the] east wind
kadimH6921 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 17:10
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator…
- Ezekiel 17:10
Through
Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
it leads to
- Psalms 38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 38:1
Through
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- Isaiah 3:13–14
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
- Jeremiah 4:22
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Isaiah
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.