Isaiah 9:21 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

KJV

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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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 Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh,.... That is, "Manasseh" shall eat or devour "Ephraim"; and "Ephraim" shall eat or devour "Manasseh"; as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it; which is to be understood of their quarrels, contentions, and wars among themselves, whereby they bit, devoured, and consumed each other, though they were brethren; which explains and confirms what is before said, of no man sparing his brother, and everyone eating the flesh of his own arm.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that could unite against Judah could not unite with one another; but that sinful confederacy of theirs against their neighbour that dwelt securely by them was justly punished by this separation of them one from another. Or Judah, having sinned like Manasseh and Ephraim, shall not only suffer with them, but suffer by them.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Manasseh, Ephraim - This verse is a continuation of the statement in regard to the extent and fearfulness of the faction. Those who were hitherto most tenderly and intimately allied to each other, would now be engaged in furious strife. Manasseh and Ephraim were the two sons of Joseph Gen 46:20, and their names are used as expressive of tender union and friendship; compare Gen 48:20. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were near each other, and they always were allied together.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶפְרַ֗יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙	ve.'ef.Ra.yim	and Ephraim	H669 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
יַחְדָּ֥ו	yach.Dav	together	H3162 →
הֵ֖מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
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׃ ס	ne.tu.Yah	[is] stretched out	H5186 →

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

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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
Galatians 5:15
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:3
  for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- James 3:14
  But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- Galatians 5:26
  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
- 2 Corinthians 11:20
  In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20
  For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage,…
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 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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