Isaiah 38:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

BSB

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ASV

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

KJV

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Mine age - is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent - רעי roi is put for רעה roeh, say the rabbis (Sal. Den Melec on the place); but much more probably is written imperfectly for רעים roim, shepherds. See note on Isa 5:1. I shall be removed from this state to another, as a shepherd removes his tent from one place to another for the sake of his flock. Is not this a strong intimation of his belief in a future state?

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He plainly expects to exist, and not cease to be in another state; as the shepherd still lives, after he has struck his tent and removed elsewhere. I have cut off--He attributes to himself that which is God's will with respect to him; because he declares that will. So Jeremiah is said to "root out" kingdoms, because he declares God's purpose of doing so (Jer 1:10).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Isa 38:9 is the heading or inscription.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דּוֹרִ֗י	do.Ri	dwelling-place my	H1755 →
נִסַּ֧ע	ni.Sa'	it has been pulled up	H5265 →
וְנִגְלָ֛ה	ve.nig.Lah	and it has been removed	H1540 →
מִנִּ֖י	mi.Ni	from me	H4480 →
כְּאֹ֣הֶל	ke.'O.hel	like [the] tent of	H168 →
רֹעִ֑י	ro.'I	shepherd my	H7462 →
קִפַּ֨דְתִּי	ki.Pad.ti	I have rolled up	H7088 →
כָאֹרֵ֤ג	kha.'o.Reg	like <the> weaver	H707 →
חַיַּי֙	chai.Yai	life my	H2416 →
מִדַּלָּ֣ה	mi.da.Lah	from [the] loom	H1803 →
יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי	ye.va.tze.'E.ni	he cuts off me	H1214 →
מִיּ֥וֹם	mi.Yom	from day	H3117 →
עַד־	'ad-	unto	H5704 →
לַ֖יְלָה	Lay.lah	night	H3915 →
תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃	tash.li.Me.ni	you make an end of me	H7999 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Isaiah 1:8
And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
leads to
- Zechariah 9:9
  Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of…
- John 12:15
  “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”
- Zechariah 2:10
  “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
leads to
- Job 19:25–26
  But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
- 2 Peter 1:13–14
  I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
- 2 Corinthians 4:7
  Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
Through
Hebrews 1:12
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
leads to
- Psalms 102:26–27
  They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

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