Isaiah 8:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:9

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

BSB

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ASV

Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

KJV

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 9, 10.) Gather together, O people, and be conquered, and listen, all far away lands: be strengthened and be conquered. Gird yourselves, and be conquered: take counsel, and it shall be dissipated: speak a word, and it shall not be, because God is with us. Regarding the phrase 'gather together, or be weakened, and be broken,' as others have interpreted, the Septuagint translated it as 'know.' For the Hebrew word, Rou (), because of the resemblance of the letter Res () and Daleth (), they understood it as Dou ().

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For God is with us " (this refers to the name of Immanuel--God with us ); "the Messiah is to be born among us, and a people designed for such an honour cannot be given up to utter ruin. We have now the special presence of God with us in his temple, his oracles, his promises, and these are our defence.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Associate yourselves - In the previous verses the prophet had seen the Assyrian coming up on the land like an overwhelming flood. He looked upon the danger, and his mind was turned to the pledge of safety which God had given. The name Immanuel, and the promise connected with the giving of that name Isa 7:16, reminded him of the perfect safety of the nation, for it was a pledge that God was with them; see Isa 8:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The succession of the house of David cannot be set aside in Judah, for Immanuel Messiah is to be born in it as heir of David, of whom Isaiah's son is but a type (Isa 9:4, 6). give ear . . . far countries--witness the discomfiture of Judah's enemies.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רֹ֤עוּ	Ro.'u	be bad	H7489 →
עַמִּים֙	'a.Mim	O peoples	H5971 →
וָחֹ֔תּוּ	va.Cho.tu	and be shattered	H2865 →
וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ	ve.ha.'a.Zi.nu	and give ear	H238 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	O all	H3605 →
מֶרְחַקֵּי־	mer.cha.kei-	[the] distant places of	H4801 →
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
הִתְאַזְּר֣וּ	hit.'a.ze.Ru	gird yourselves	H247 →
וָחֹ֔תּוּ	va.Cho.tu	and be shattered	H2865 →
הִֽתְאַזְּר֖וּ	hit.'a.ze.Ru	gird yourselves	H247 →
וָחֹֽתּוּ׃	va.Cho.tu	and be shattered	H2865 →

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The walk

The walk8

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
Proverbs 11:21
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
leads to
- Psalms 112:1–2
  Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Acts 2:39
  This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Jeremiah 32:39
  I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Psalms 37:26
  They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Proverbs 16:5
  Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Through
1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
leads to
- Proverbs 27:1
  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 1 Samuel 17:44–47
  “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
  I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…