Isaiah 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 9:12

Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

BSB

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ASV

the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

KJV

The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

With open mouth “On every side” - בכל פה bechol peh, in every corner, in every part of their country, pursuing them to the remotest extremities, and the most retired parts. So the Chaldee בכל אתר bechol athar, in every place.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Syrians - For though Rezin, king of Syria was destroyed, yet the body of the nation survived, and submitted themselves to the king of Assyria, and upon his command invaded Israel afterwards. Before - Hebrew. on the east: for Syria stood eastward from Israel.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Philistines were not now looked upon as formidable enemies, and the Syrians were looked upon as firm friends; and yet these shall devour Israel. When men's ways displease the Lord he makes even their friends to be at war with them. God would take from the midst of them those they confided in and promised themselves help from,

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲרָ֣ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
מִקֶּ֗דֶם	mi.Ke.dem	from [the] east	H6924 →
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙	u.fe.lish.Tim	and Philistines	H6430 →
מֵֽאָח֔וֹר	me.'a.Chor	from [the] west	H268 →
וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ	vai.yo.khe.Lu	and they consumed	H398 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	with all	H3605 →
פֶּ֑ה	Peh	[the] mouth	H6310 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	for all	H3605 →
זֹאת֙	zoT	this	H2063 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שָׁ֣ב	shav	it has turned back	H7725 →
אַפּ֔וֹ	'a.Po	anger his	H639 →
וְע֖וֹד	ve.'od	and still	H5750 →
יָד֥וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
נְטוּיָֽה׃	ne.tu.Yah	[is] stretched out	H5186 →

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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 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
leads to
- Isaiah 10:4
  Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 9:21
  Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- 2 Kings 9:37
  And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- Isaiah 9:17
  Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
- Jeremiah 4:24
  I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
Through
2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
leads to
- 2 Kings 14:22
  Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Through
2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:57
  before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
Through
Psalms 79:7
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:34–35
  “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies…

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