Focused Passage

Isaiah 2:6-9

The Exalted Mountain of the LORD and the Humbling of Human Pride

The chapter moves from future Zion hope, to a call to walk in the LORD’s light, to Judah’s present corruption, to the day when every proud thing is brought low, idols vanish, and the LORD alone is exalted.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Original words

For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction You have abandoned נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה H5203 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Your people עַמְּךָ֙ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular the house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of Jacob יַעֲקֹ֔ב H3290 Noun - proper - masculine singular because כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction they are filled מָלְאוּ֙ H4390 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural [with influences] from the east מִקֶּ֔דֶם H6924 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular they are soothsayers וְעֹֽנְנִ֖ים H6049 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural like the Philistines כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים H6430 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural they strike [hands] יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃ H5606 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural with the children וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י H3206 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of foreigners נָכְרִ֖ים H5237 Adjective - masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

Their land אַרְצוֹ֙ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular is full of וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular silver כֶּ֣סֶף H3701 Noun - masculine singular and gold וְזָהָ֔ב H2091 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular with no וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb limit קֵ֖צֶה H7097 Noun - masculine singular to their treasures לְאֹצְרֹתָ֑יו H214 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular their land אַרְצוֹ֙ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular is full of וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular horses סוּסִ֔ים H5483 Noun - masculine plural with no וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb limit קֵ֖צֶה H7097 Noun - masculine singular to their chariots לְמַרְכְּבֹתָֽיו׃ H4818 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Their land אַרְצ֖וֹ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular is full of וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular idols אֱלִילִ֑ים H457 Noun - masculine plural they bow down יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּ H7812 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to the work לְמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה H4639 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of their hands יָדָיו֙ H3027 Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singular to what לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative their fingers אֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃ H676 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular have made עָשׂ֖וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Verse 9

Original words

So mankind אָדָ֖ם H120 Noun - masculine singular is brought low וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח H7817 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular and man אִ֑ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular is humbled וַיִּשְׁפַּל־ H8213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular do not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb forgive תִּשָּׂ֖א H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular them לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition | third person masculine plural

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