Isaiah 62:8

Hashem hath sworn by His yamin, 1 and by the zero'a of His oz (might), 1 Surely I will no more give thy dagan 1 (grain) to be food for thine oyevim; 1 and the bnei nekhar shall not drink thy tirosh, 1 for the which thou hast toiled; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

In Context

7And give Him no rest, 1 until He establish, and until He make 1 Yerushalayim a tehillah (praise) in Ha'Aretz. 1

9But they that have harvested it shall eat it, 1 and praise Hashem; 1 and they that have gathered it in shall drink it 1 in the khatzerot (courtyards) of My Kodesh (Holy Place). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you: I will even visit upon you terror, wasting disease, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and drain the nefesh: and ye shall sow your zera in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:31Thine shor shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine chamor shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee; thy tzon shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have no moshi'a.

Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to Shomayim, 1 and say, Chai Anochi l'Olam (as I live). 1

Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, 1 your cities are burned with eish; 1 your land, zarim devour it in your presence, 1 and it is desolate, as overthrown by zarim. 1

Isaiah 65:21And they shall build batim (houses), and inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit of them. 1

Jeremiah 5:17And they shall devour thine katzir (harvest), and thy lechem, 1 which thy banim and thy banot should eat; 1 they shall devour thy tzon and thine bakar; 1 they shall eat up thy gefen and thy te'enah (fig tree); 1 they shall impoverish thy fortified cities, 1 wherein thou trustedst, with the cherev.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 62:7-10

The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord , keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:… Read the whole commentary →

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