Isaiah 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 9:16

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

BSB

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ASV

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

KJV

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 14 seqq.) And the Lord will scatter from Israel the head and the tail, the bend and the corrupt in one day. The venerable and honorable, he is the head; and the Prophet teaching falsehood, he is the tail. And there will be those who call this people blessed, deceiving, and those who are called blessed, being cast down. Therefore, the Lord will not rejoice over his young men, and will not have mercy on his orphans and widows, for every hypocrite is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For the leaders of this people cause them to err,.... Or, "who bless this people", as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; and so the Targum, "who praise this people;'' that call them blessed, pronounce them happy, see Mal 3:15 and promise them happiness, both in this world and that to come, though guilty of notorious sins, and live a vicious course of life; and so harden them in their iniquities, and cause them to wander more and more from the way of truth and righteousness; and lead them unto, and leave them in, fatal mistakes about their state and condition.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

For the leaders of this people ... - Note, Isa 3:12. Hebrew ‘They that call this people blessed’ - referring more particularly to the false prophets. They that are led of them - Hebrew, ‘They that are called blessed by them.’ Are destroyed - Hebrew, ‘Are swallowed up;’ see the note at Isa 3:12. They are ruined; or swallowed up as in a vast whirlpool or vortex.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥י	me.'a.she.Rei	[the] guides	H833 →
הָֽעָם־	ha.'om-	<of> the people	H5971 →
הַזֶּ֖ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
מַתְעִ֑ים	mat.'Im	misleading	H8582 →
וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו	u.me.'u.sha.Rav	and [those who] were guided by him	H833 →
מְבֻלָּעִֽים׃	me.vu.la.'Im	[were] confused	H1104 →

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

The walk

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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
Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
leads to
- Luke 6:39
  Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- Isaiah 56:10
  Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Matthew 23:16–24
  Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- Malachi 2:8
  But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Isaiah 3:12
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
leads to
- Isaiah 3:4
  “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
- Nahum 3:13
  Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Through
Hebrews 7:7
And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 30:27
  Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Genesis 48:15–20
  Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

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