Isaiah 28:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 28:21

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

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ASV

For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

KJV

For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

For the Lord shall rise up - To rise up is indicative of going forth to judgment, as when one rises from his seat to accomplish anything. As in mount Perazim - There is reference here, doubtless, to the event recorded in 2Sa 5:20-21, and 1Ch 14:11, where David is said to have defeated the Philistines at Baal-Perazim. This place was near to the valley of Rephaim 2Sa 5:19, and not far from Jerusalem.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Perazim - Where he fought against the Philistines, 2 Sam. v, 20. Gibeon - Where he fought against the Canaanites, Josh. x, 10, &c. and afterwards against the Philistines, 1 Chron. xiv, 16. Strange work - For this work of bringing total destruction upon Israel, was contrary to the benignity of his own nature, and to the usual way of dealing with his people.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thirdly, This will be his strange work, his strange act, his foreign deed. It is work that he is backward to: he rather delights in showing mercy, and does not afflict willingly. It is work that he is not used to as to his own people; he protects and favours them.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
כְהַר־	khe.har-	like [the] mountain of	H2022 →
פְּרָצִים֙	pe.ra.Tzim	Perazim	H6559 →
יָק֣וּם	ya.Kum	he will arise	H6965 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כְּעֵ֖מֶק	ke.'E.mek	like a valley	H6010 →
בְּגִבְע֣וֹן	be.giv.'on	in Gibeon	H1391 →
יִרְגָּ֑ז	yir.Gaz	he will rage	H7264 →
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙	ma.'a.Se.hu	deed his	H4639 →
זָ֣ר	zar	[is] strange	H2114 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ	ma.'a.Se.hu	deed his	H4639 →
וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙	ve.la.'a.Vod	and to work	H5647 →
עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ	a.Vo.da.To	work his	H5656 →
נָכְרִיָּ֖ה	na.khe.ri.Yah	[is] alien	H5237 →
עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃	a.vo.da.To	work his	H5656 →

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
Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
leads to
- Habakkuk 3:11
  Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Isaiah 38:8
  I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
- Isaiah 60:20
  Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Joshua 10:13
  So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of…
- Job 9:7
  He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
Through
Joshua 10:10
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and…
leads to
- Psalms 18:14
  He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
Through
1 Chronicles 14:11
So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that…
leads to
- Matthew 7:27
  The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
- Psalms 144:10
  to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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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