Isaiah 62:8
in Isaiah 62The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
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ASV
Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:
KJV
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
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This verse in Isaiah 62
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Isaiah 62:8-9
(Vers. 8, 9.) The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by the strength of his arm: If I give your wheat beyond food to your enemies, and if the sons of aliens drink your wine, in which you have labored: for those who gather it will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who carry it will drink it in my holy courts.
This site's exposition
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand
on Isaiah 62:8-9
The promise is sealed by oath, the Lord swearing by his right hand and the arm of his strength that the corn once carried off by invaders will feed the people who grew it. The reversal answers the covenant curse of a foreign hand eating another man's harvest, and here the eaters give thanks in the courts of the temple rather than filling a stranger's granary. Henry sets the oath beside the older curses of the law, the same right hand that swore the curse now swearing the mercy that undoes it. Gill reads the courts of my holiness as the temple courts, worship and harvest joined in one plain scene of gratitude.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The wine which they had laboured for, and which in their affliction they needed for the relief of those among them that were of a heavy heart, strangers drank it, to gratify their lusts with; this sore judgment was threatened for their sins, Lev. xxvi.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand - An oath was taken in various forms among the ancients. It was usually done by lifting up the hand toward beaten and appealing to God. As God could swear by no greater Heb 6:13, he is represented as swearing by himself (see the notes at Isa 45:23). Here he is represented as swearing by his right hand and by his arm - the strong instrument by which he would accomplish his purposes to defend and save his people.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נִשְׁבַּ֧ע | nishba' | he swears an oath | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ | bimino | by right [hand] his | H3225 → | 140 times |
| וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ | uvizroa' | and by [the] arm of | H2220 → | 91 times |
| עֻזּ֑וֹ | uzo | strength his | H5797 → | 92 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| אֶתֵּן֩ | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּגָנֵ֨ךְ | deganekh | grain your | H1715 → | |
| ע֤וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| מַֽאֲכָל֙ | maakhal | food | H3978 → | |
| לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ | leoyevayikh | to enemies your | H341 → | 282 times |
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| יִשְׁתּ֤וּ | yishtu | they will drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵכָר֙ | nekhar | foreignness | H5236 → | 36 times |
| תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְ | tiroshekh | new wine your | H8492 → | 38 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָגַ֖עַתְּ | yagaat | you have labored | H3021 → | 26 times |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | bo | for it |
נִשְׁבַּ֧עhe swears an oath
nishba'H7650 →186 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּֽימִינ֖וֹby right [hand] his
biminoH3225 →140 times
וּבִזְר֣וֹעַand by [the] arm of
uvizroa'H2220 →91 times
עֻזּ֑וֹstrength his
uzoH5797 →92 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
אֶתֵּן֩I will give
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּגָנֵ֨ךְgrain your
deganekhH1715 →
ע֤וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
מַֽאֲכָל֙food
maakhalH3978 →
לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְto enemies your
leoyevayikhH341 →282 times
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
יִשְׁתּ֤וּthey will drink
yishtuH8354 →217 times
בְנֵֽי־sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
נֵכָר֙foreignness
nekharH5236 →36 times
תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְnew wine your
tiroshekhH8492 →38 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָגַ֖עַתְּyou have labored
yagaatH3021 →26 times
בּֽוֹ׃for it
bo
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
Deuteronomy 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Jeremiah 5:15
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose…
- Jeremiah 5:17
Through
Ezekiel 20:5and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 47:14
You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
- Exodus 6:6–7
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
- Genesis 14:22
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Ezekiel 20:23
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
- Ezekiel 47:14
Through
Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your…
it leads to
- Job 1:14–15
a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- Job 1:14–15
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.