Isaiah 1:28
in Isaiah 1But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
KJV
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
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This verse in Isaiah 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verseMoreover, who can agree with the thesis that you [the Pelagians] set down as your next heading: "In the day of judgment, no leniency shall be shown to the ungodly and to sinners, but they shall be consumed in eternal fires," for you prevent God from showing mercy, and you pass judgment on the sentence of the judge before judgment day, so that if he wanted to spare the unjust and the sinner, he could not, in view of your prescription?
This site's exposition
Zion will be redeemed with justice
on Isaiah 1:27-31
Verse 27 makes justice the means of Zion's redemption. The oaks and gardens point to groves of Canaanite worship, and the shame is in trusting trees that wither. The last image makes the guilty their own fuel: "The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark."
This site's exposition
those who forsake the LORD will perish
Zion is redeemed with justice in verse 27, and the same judgment shatters the rebels and sinners. Those who forsake the LORD are the people of verse 4, who turned their backs on Him. Barnes gives the Hebrew as sheber, a breaking.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 27-28.) Zion will be redeemed by justice, and they will bring her back to righteousness. And it will crush the wicked and sinners together; and those who have forsaken the Lord will be consumed. Not all will be redeemed, nor will all be saved, but only the remnant, as mentioned before. However, they will be brought back to righteousness once the wicked and sinners have been crushed, and those who have forsaken the Lord will be consumed.
The Medieval Church1 voice
63. And he shall destroy the wicked. Here he places the destruction of the obstinate. And concerning this, he does three things: first, he proclaims their destruction; second, the manner of their destruction, where it says, for they shall be confounded (Isa 1:29); third, he …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And the destruction - Hebrew שׁבר sheber - the breaking, or crushing, that is, the punishment which was about to come upon them; compare Lam 2:11; Lam 3:47; Pro 16:18. Of the transgressors - “Revolters,” or those that rebel against God. And of the sinners - Of all the sinners in the nation, of all kinds and degrees. Together - At the same time with the redemption of Zion. Shall be consumed - יכלוּ yı̂kelû, from כלה kâlâh, to be completed, or finished; to be consumed, wasted away; to vanish, or disappear.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
destruction--literally, "breaking into shivers" (Re 2:27). The prophets hasten forward to the final extinction of the ungodly (Ps 37:20; 20:15); of which antecedent judgments are types.
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֶׁ֧בֶר | veshever | and a crushing of | H7667 → | 45 times |
| פֹּשְׁעִ֛ים | posheim | rebels | H6586 → | 41 times |
| וְחַטָּאִ֖ים | vechataim | and sinners | H2400 → | 19 times |
| יַחְדָּ֑ו | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| וְעֹזְבֵ֥י | veozevei | and [those who] forsake | H5800 → | 215 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | <of> Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יִכְלֽוּ׃ | yikhlu | they will come to an end | H3615 → | 208 times |
וְשֶׁ֧בֶרand a crushing of
vesheverH7667 →45 times
פֹּשְׁעִ֛יםrebels
posheimH6586 →41 times
וְחַטָּאִ֖יםand sinners
vechataimH2400 →19 times
יַחְדָּ֑וtogether
yachdavH3162 →141 times
וְעֹזְבֵ֥יand [those who] forsake
veozeveiH5800 →215 times
יְהוָ֖ה<of> Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יִכְלֽוּ׃they will come to an end
yikhluH3615 →208 times
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
Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Ephesians 5:5–6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Through
Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Proverbs 15:9
The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
- John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- 2 Timothy 2:19
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); George Adam Smith, The Book of Isaiah, Expositor's Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Against the Pelagians 1.28; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.