Isaiah 27:8

In measure, in the sending + 27:8 of Yehudah away, + 27:8 in the Golus Thou dost contend with her. 1 By His hard wind He removes her 1 in the Yom Kadim (day of the east wind). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Hath He struck it, + 27:7 Israel as He struck down those that struck it? 1 Or is it + 27:7 Israel slain like the slaying of them that are slain by Him? 1

9By this therefore shall kapporah be made for the avon Ya'akov; 1 and this is full fruitage to take away + 27:9 Yehudahʼs chattat; 1 when He maketh all the stones of the [heathen] mizbe'ach 1 like chalk stones crushed to pieces, 1 the Asherim poles and pagan incense altars 1 shall arise no more. 1

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Cross References

Job 23:6Will He contend against me with His great koach? 1 No, but He would pay heed to me. 1

Psalms 38:1(Mizmor Dovid. For the memorial portion of the mincha) 1

Psalms 78:38But He, being full of compassion, 1 made kapporah for their avon and destroyed them not; 1 and He many times turned His anger away, 1 and did not stir up all His wrath. 1

Psalms 103:14For He has da'as of yitzreinu (our nature); 1 He remembereth that aphar anachnu (dust we are). 1

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, 1 saith Hashem; 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 1 they shall be as white as snow; 1 though they be red like crimson, 1 they shall be as wool. 1

Isaiah 10:5O Ashur, the rod of Mine anger, 1 in whose yad is the mateh of My wrath. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:8-13

Correction and Compassion. ( b. c. 718.) 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand… Read the whole commentary →

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