Isaiah 9:8
in Isaiah 9The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
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ASV
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
KJV
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
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This verse in Isaiah 9
Commentary
10 notes on this verseLord “Jehovah” - For אדני Adonai, thirty MSS. of Kennicott’s, and many of De Rossi’s, and three editions, read יהוה Yehovah.
This site's exposition
The Lord has sent a message
on Isaiah 9:8-10
The Lord's word against Jacob "has fallen upon Israel," turning from the child's throne to the northern kingdom. Their answer is proud self-reliance, "The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone," cedars promised in place of sycamores. The boast answers the Lord's word by building grander.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Chapter IX - (Verses 8 onwards) The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.
The Medieval Church3 voices
A commentator
BonaventureCollations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 15 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
And Isaiah shows this: "The Lord has sent word against Jacob, it falls upon Israel." He has sent word against Jacob. Jacob is a name of nature, for He was of his seed; but it falls upon Israel: Israel is a spiritual name. We are …
For it is written, "The Lord sent a Word into Jacob, and it hath fallen upon Israel." For Jacob means one that overthrows another, and Israel, one that sees God. And what is signified by Jacob but the Jewish people, and by Israel but the Gentile world? For in that very One Whom Jacob aimed to overthrow by the death of the flesh, the Gentile world, by the eyes of faith, beheld God. And thus the Word, that was sent to Jacob, lighted upon Israel; for Him whom the Jewish people rejected when He came to them, the Gentile world at once owned and found.
311. The Lord sent a word into Jacob. Here he describes the order of punishment according to the diversity of punishments. And first, he recalls the fault, second, he describes the punishment: and the Lord shall set up (Isa 9:11). And he denounces the fault …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The Lord - The prophet, having inserted some consolatory passages for God's faithful people, returns to his former comminution against the rebellious Israelites. And - Hebrew. it fell, that is, it shall fall, in the prophetical style.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Lord sent a word unto Jacob,....
Those that are willingly ignorant of the wrath of God revealed from heaven against sin and sinners shall be made to know it. The sins charged upon the people of Israel, which provoked God to bring these judgments upon them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Lord sent - Not Yahweh here, but “Adonai.” It is apparent that this verse is the commencement of a new prophecy, that is not connected with that which precedes it. The strain of the preceding prophecy had respect to Judah; this is confined solely to Israel, or Ephraim. Here the division of the chapter should have been made, and should not have been again interrupted until Isa 10:4, where the prophecy closes. The prophecy is divided into four parts, and each part is designed to threaten a distinct judgment on some particular, prominent vice. I. “Crime” - their pride and ostentation, Isa 9:8-9. “Punishment” - the land would be invaded by the Syrians and the Philistines, Isa 9:11-12. II. “Crime” - they had apostatized from God, and the leaders had caused them to err, Isa 9:13, Isa 9:16. “Punishment” - Yahweh would cut off the chief men of the nation, Isa 9:14-15, Isa 9:17. III. “Crime” - prevalent wickedness in the nation, Isa 9:18. “Punishment” - the anger of Yahweh, consternation, anarchy, discord, and want, Isa 9:19-21. IV. “Crime” - prevalent injustice; Isa 10:1-2. “Punishment” - foreign invasion, and captivity; Isa 10:3-4. The poem is remarkably regular in its structure (Lowth), and happy in its illustrations. At what time it was composed is not certain, but it has strong internal evidence that it immediately followed the preceding respecting Judah. A word - A message, or prediction; Note, Isa 2:1. Into Jacob - Jacob was the ancestor of the nation. But the name came to be appropriated to the ten tribes, as constituting the majority of the people. It was at first used to denote all the Jews Num 23:7, Num 23:10, Num 23:23; Num 24:17, Num 24:19; Deu 32:9; 1Ch 16:13; Psa 14:7; Psa 20:1; but it came, after the revolt of the ten tribes under Jeroboam, to be used often to denote them alone; Amo 6:8; Mic 1:5; Mic 3:1; Mic 5:8. […]
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּבָ֛ר | davar | a word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| שָׁלַ֥ח | shalach | he has sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֖י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| בְּיַעֲקֹ֑ב | beyaako | in Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וְנָפַ֖ל | venafal | and it will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | beyisrael | on Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
דָּבָ֛רa word
davarH1697 →1440 times
שָׁלַ֥חhe has sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
אֲדֹנָ֖י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
בְּיַעֲקֹ֑בin Jacob
beyaakoH3290 →350 times
וְנָפַ֖לand it will fall
venafalH5307 →435 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃on Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according…
it leads to
- Lamentations 2:17
The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and…
- Ezekiel 12:25–28
because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass,…
- Deuteronomy 28:15
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- Lamentations 2:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 15; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job 2.57; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.