Isaiah 27:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

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ASV

Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

KJV

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

By this - This verse states the whole design of the punishment of the Jews. They were taken away from their temple, their city, and their land; they were removed from the groves and altars of idolatry by which they had been so often led into sin; and the design was to preserve them henceforward from relapsing into their accustomed idolatry. The iniquity of Jacob - The sin of the Jewish people, and particularly their tendency to idolatry, which was their easily besetting sin. Be purged - (see the note at Isa 1:25).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

When - Which sin of Jacob's shall be purged, when he shall truly repent of all his sins, and especially of his idolatry. Altar - Their idolatrous altars. Possibly he may say the altar, with respect to that particular altar, which Ahaz had set upon the place of God's own altar; and this prophecy might be delivered in Ahaz's time, while that altar stood.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The particular sin which the affliction was intended to cure them of was the sin of idolatry, the sin which did most easily beset that people and to which they were strangely addicted. Ephraim is joined to idols. But by the captivity in Babylon they were not only weaned from this sin, but set against it.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לָכֵ֗ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
בְּזֹאת֙	be.zoT	by this	H2063 →
יְכֻפַּ֣ר	ye.khu.Par	it will be atoned for	H3722 →
עֲוֹֽן־	'a.von-	[the] iniquity of	H5771 →
יַעֲקֹ֔ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
וְזֶ֕ה	ve.Zeh	and this	H2088 →
כָּל־	kol-	[is] all	H3605 →
פְּרִ֖י	pe.Ri	[the] fruit of	H6529 →
הָסִ֣ר	ha.Sir	[the] removing of	H5493 →
חַטָּאת֑וֹ	cha.ta.To	sin its	H2403 →
בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ׀	be.su.Mo	when makes he	H7760 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אַבְנֵ֣י	'av.Nei	[the] stones of	H68 →
מִזְבֵּ֗חַ	miz.Be.ach	[the] altar	H4196 →
כְּאַבְנֵי־	ke.'av.nei-	like stones of	H68 →
גִר֙	gir	chalk	H1615 →
מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת	me.nu.pa.Tzot	pulverized	H5310 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָקֻ֥מוּ	ya.Ku.mu	they will stand	H6965 →
אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים	'a.she.Rim	Asherah poles	H842 →
וְחַמָּנִֽים׃	ve.cha.ma.Nim	and incense altars	H2553 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
leads to
- Proverbs 17:3
  A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 4:12
  Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- Job 23:10
  Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Hebrews 12:10–11
  Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- Psalms 66:10
  For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Through
Romans 11:27
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Through
Daniel 11:35
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
leads to
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Malachi 3:2–4
  But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah