Isaiah 9:17

Therefore 'Adonay [Lord] will not rejoice over their young men, 2 neither will he have racham ·compassionate merciful love· on their orphans and widows; 1 for everyone is profane and an evildoer, 2 and every mouth speaks folly. 1 For all this his anger is not turned away, 2 but his hand is stretched out still. 1

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In The King James Version

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

In Context

16For those who lead this people lead them astray; 2 and those who are led by them are destroyed. 1

18For wickedness burns like a fire. 2 It devours the briers and thorns; 2 yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, 2 and they roll upward in a column of smoke. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:4Ah sinnful ·deviant (from the standard goal)· nation, 2 a people loaded with depravity (moral evil), 2 offspring of evildoers, 2 children who deal corruptly! 1 They have forsaken Adonai. 2 They have despised haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 2 They are estranged and backward. 1

Isaiah 5:25Therefore Adonai’s anger burns against his people, 2 and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. 1 The mountains tremble, 2 and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. 1 For all this, his anger is not turned away, 2 but his hand is still stretched out. 1

Isaiah 9:21Manasseh [Causing to forget], Ephraim [Fruit]; and Ephraim [Fruit], Manasseh [Causing to forget]; and they together shall be against Judah [Praised]. 1 For all this his anger is not turned away, 2 but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10:4They will only bow down under the prisoners, 2 and will fall under the slain. 1 For all this his anger is not turned away, 2 but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 13:18Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no racham ·compassionate love· on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:9-21

Threatenings against Judah; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 740.) 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; 12 The Syrians… Read the whole commentary →

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