Isaiah 9:13 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 9:13

But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

For the people ... - This is a reason why his anger would not cease, and it is, at the same time, the suggestion of a new crime for which the divine judgment would rest upon them. It commences the second part of the oracle. Turneth not - It is implied here that it was the design of the chastisement to turn them to God. In this case, as in many others, such a design had not been accomplished. Unto him that smiteth them - To God, who had punished them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The people turn not unto him that smiteth them (they are not wrought upon to reform their lives, to forsake their sins, and to return to their duty), neither do they seek the Lord of hosts; either they are atheists, and have no religion, or idolaters, and seek to those gods that are the creatures of their own fancy and the works of their own hands.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָעָ֥ם	ve.ha.'Am	and the people	H5971 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שָׁ֖ב	shav	it has turned back	H7725 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
הַמַּכֵּ֑הוּ	ha.ma.Ke.hu	the [one who] struck it	H5221 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
דָרָֽשׁוּ׃ ס	da.Ra.shu	they have sought	H1875 →

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

H1875darashuthey have sought164×

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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
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
leads to
- Psalms 20:7
  Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Jeremiah 17:5
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
  But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way…
- Jeremiah 2:13
  “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Isaiah 36:9
  For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Through
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
leads to
- Daniel 9:8–11
  O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Ezekiel 24:13
  Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
Through
Hosea 7:10
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
leads to
- Hosea 5:5
  Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

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