Isaiah 27:8

Verse

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

American Standard Version (1901)

In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Bible in Basic English

Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

Free Bible Version

You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.

Geneva Bible 1599

In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

King James (Authorized) Version

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

One Unity Resource Bible

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Translation for Translators

No, he has not done that, but he punished us Israeli people and ◄exiled us/forced us to leave our country►; we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.

Noah Webster Bible

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

World English Bible

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Young's Literal Translation

In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

Context

The LORD’s Vineyard

⁷Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? ⁸By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows. ⁹Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Summary

In Isaiah 27:8, God's love and discipline towards His people are depicted through the metaphor of pruning and judgment. The verse illustrates how God, like a vinedresser, carefully tends to His vineyard, removing what is harmful and refining what is good. Despite the discipline, God's ultimate goal is not destruction but restoration. This passage conveys the message of God's faithfulness in refining His people, ensuring their growth and fruitfulness through His loving correction.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

In measure--not beyond measure; in moderation (Job 23:6; Psa 6:1; Jer 10:24; Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28). when it shooteth--image from the vine; rather, passing from the image to the thing itself, "when sending her away (namely, Israel to exile; Isa 50:1, God only putting the adulteress away when He might justly have put her to death), Thou didst punish her" [GESENIUS]. stayeth--rather, as Margin, "when He removeth it by His rough wind in the day," &c. east wind--especially violent in the East (Job 27:21; Jer 18:17).

John Gill Bible Commentary

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" (x); when God sends forth an affliction on his people, or gives it a commission to them, as all are sent by him, he does it with moderation; he proportions it to their strength, and will not suffer them to be afflicted above what they are able to bear; and as, in afflicting, he debates and contends with his people, having a controversy with them, so he contends with the affliction he sends, and debates the point with it, and checks and corrects it, and will not suffer it to go beyond due bounds; and in this the afflictions of God's people differ from the afflictions of others, about which he is careless and unconcerned: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of his east wind: when afflictions, like a blustering and blasting east wind, threaten much mischief, and to carry all before them, Jehovah, from whom they have their commission, and who holds the winds in his fist, represses them, stops the violence of them, and gradually abates the force of them, and quite stills them, when they have answered the end for which they are sent: or "he meditateth" (y); or speaketh, as Jarchi interprets it, "by his rough wind in the day of his east wind"; God sometimes meditates hard things against his people, and speaks unto them by the rough dispensations of his providence, admonishes them of their sins, and brings them to a sense and acknowledgment of them, which is his view in suffering them to befall them; or, "he removes by his rough wind" (z); their fruit, so Kimchi interprets it; as a rough wind blows off the blossoms and fruits, so the Lord, by afflictions, removes the unkind blossoms and bad fruit from his people, their sins and transgressions, as it follows. (x) "in emittendo eam", Montanus. (y) "meditatus est", V. L. so it is used in Psal. i. 2. It sometimes intends a great sound and noise, such as the roaring of a lion, Isa. xxxi. 4. and Gussetius here interprets it of thunder, Ebr. Comment. p. 202. so Castalio renders it, "sonans suo duro spiritu". (z) "Removit in vento suo duro", Pagninus, Montanus; "removebit", Vatablus; "abstulit", Tigurine version, Piscator; so Ben Melech observes that the word has the signification of removing in Prov. xxv. 4, 5.

Isaiah 27:8

The LORD’s Vineyard

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Berean Standard Bible

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

American Standard Version (1901)

In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Bible in Basic English

Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

Free Bible Version

You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.

Geneva Bible 1599

In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

King James (Authorized) Version

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

One Unity Resource Bible

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.

Noah Webster Bible

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

World English Bible

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Young's Literal Translation

In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Isaiah 27:8

Verse

Context

The LORD’s Vineyard

Summary

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Isaiah 27:8

The LORD’s Vineyard

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes