Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. New Living Translation The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy. English Standard Version When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor. Berean Standard Bible When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. King James Bible When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. New King James Version When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor. New American Standard Bible When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. NASB 1995 When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. NASB 1977 When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them. For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. Legacy Standard Bible When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and light a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. Amplified Bible When its branches are dry, they are broken off; The women come and make a fire with them. For they are not a people of understanding, Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them, And He who created them will not be gracious to them. Christian Standard Bible When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them. Holman Christian Standard Bible When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them. American Standard Version When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. Contemporary English Version When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy. English Revised Version When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the branches are dried up, they will be broken off. Women will come and build a fire with them. These people don't understand [these things]. That is why their maker won't have compassion on them, and their Creator won't have pity on them. Good News Translation The branches of the trees are withered and broken, and women gather them for firewood. Because the people have understood nothing, God their Creator will not pity them or show them any mercy. International Standard Version When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy. Majority Standard Bible When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. NET Bible When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them. New Heart English Bible When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor. Webster's Bible Translation When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. World English Bible When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn the withering of its branch it is broken off, "" Women are coming in [and] setting it on fire, "" For it [is] not a people of understanding, "" Therefore its Maker does not pity it, "" And its Former does not favor it. Young's Literal Translation In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it. Smith's Literal Translation In its harvest being dried up, women shall break it off in coming, illuminating it: for it is a people not understanding: for this he making them will not compassionate them, and he forming them will not have mercy upon them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIts harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it. Catholic Public Domain Version Its harvest will be crushed by dryness. Women will arrive and teach it, for it is not a wise people. Because of this, he who made it will not take pity on it, and he who formed it will not spare it. New American Bible When its boughs wither, they shall be broken off; and women shall come to kindle fires with them. For this is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them; their creator shall not be gracious to them. New Revised Standard Version When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the dry land of the harvest the women who come setting fire to it shall be broken, because the people was without understanding; because of this he shall not have mercy upon it. Its Maker and its Fashioner will not hover over it OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917When the boughs thereof are withered, They shall be broken off; The women shall come, and set them on fire; For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, And He that formed them will not be gracious unto them. Brenton Septuagint Translation And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye woman that come from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD's Vineyard…10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. 11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.… Cross References Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Jeremiah 5:21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear. Matthew 13:13-15 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ / In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ Romans 11:7-8 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” Ezekiel 15:6-8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem. / And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. / Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.” Deuteronomy 32:28-29 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. / If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate. Psalm 81:11-12 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. / So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Isaiah 5:5-7 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. / I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” / For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress. John 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. Isaiah 6:9-10 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” Mark 4:12 so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’” Ezekiel 19:12-14 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. / Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. / Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.” Proverbs 1:24-31 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... Treasury of Scripture When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. the boughs Psalm 80:15,16 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself… Ezekiel 15:2-8 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? … Ezekiel 20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. for it is Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Isaiah 44:18-20 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand… Deuteronomy 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. therefore Isaiah 43:1,7 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine… Isaiah 44:20,21,24 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? … Genesis 6:6,7 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart… Jump to Previous Boughs Branch Branches Broken Compassion Dry Favor Favour Fire Fires Foolish Formed Former Gracious Intelligence Limbs Maker Mercy Pity Setting Shew Show Shows Thereof Understanding Withered Women WorkJump to Next Boughs Branch Branches Broken Compassion Dry Favor Favour Fire Fires Foolish Formed Former Gracious Intelligence Limbs Maker Mercy Pity Setting Shew Show Shows Thereof Understanding Withered Women WorkIsaiah 27 1. The Deliverance of IsraelWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off This phrase speaks to the imagery of a vineyard or a tree, often used in Scripture to symbolize Israel or God's people. The Hebrew word for "limbs" (זְרֹעֹת, zerot) can also mean "arms" or "branches," indicating parts of a whole that are meant to be fruitful and productive. The drying and breaking off of these limbs suggest a state of spiritual barrenness and judgment. Historically, Israel faced periods of spiritual decline, leading to divine discipline. This imagery serves as a warning to remain spiritually vibrant and connected to God, lest one becomes dry and broken. Women come and use them for kindling For this is a people without understanding Therefore their Maker will have no compassion on them and their Creator will show them no favor For it is a people of no understanding.--The words are generic enough, and may be applied, like similar words in Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Deuteronomy 32:28, to Israel as apostate, or to the world-power, which was the enemy of Israel. In this case, as we have seen, the context turns the scale in favour of the latter reference. So taken, the words are suggestive, as witnessing to the prophet's belief that the God of Israel was also the Maker and the Former of the nations of the heathen world. Verse 11. - When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off. By a sudden introduction of metaphor, the city becomes a tree, the prophet's thought going back, perhaps, to ver. 6. "Withered boughs" are indications of internal rottenness, and must be "broken off" to give the tree a chance of recovery. Samaria may be viewed as such a "bough," if the "tree" be taken as "the Israel of God" in the wider sense. Otherwise, we must suppose a threat against individual Judaeans. The women come. Weak women are strong enough to break off dead branches; they fall at a touch, and "their end is to be burned" (Hebrews 6:8). For it is a people of no understanding. It was folly, madness, to turn away from Jehovah, and go after other gods. Only through having "no understanding" could Israel have been so foolish (comp. Deuteronomy 32:28; 2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 4:22). He that made them... he that formed them (scrap. Isaiah 43. ], 7). God "hateth nothing that he has made" (Collect for Ash Wednesday). He made all men, but he "made" and "formed" Israel with exceptional care, and exceptional care leads on to exceptional love. Will not have mercy... will show them no favor; i.e. "will not spare." No contradiction of vers. 7, 8 is intended. God will have "measure" and "mercy" in his punishment of Israel, but will not so have mercy as not to punish severely.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When its limbsקְצִירָהּ֙ (qə·ṣî·rāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb are dry, בִּיבֹ֤שׁ (bî·ḇōš) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither they will be broken off. תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָה (tiš·šā·ḇar·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces Women נָשִׁ֕ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female will come בָּא֖וֹת (bā·’ō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and use them for kindling, מְאִיר֣וֹת (mə·’î·rō·wṯ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 215: To be or become light for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they are ה֔וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are a people עַם־ (‘am-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock without לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no understanding. בִּינוֹת֙ (bî·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 998: An understanding Therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against their Maker עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ (‘ō·śê·hū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make will have no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no compassion on them, יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ (yə·ra·ḥă·men·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7355: To fondle, to love, to compassionate and their Creator וְיֹצְר֖וֹ (wə·yō·ṣə·rōw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine will show them no לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no grace. יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃ (yə·ḥun·nen·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore Links Isaiah 27:11 NIVIsaiah 27:11 NLT Isaiah 27:11 ESV Isaiah 27:11 NASB Isaiah 27:11 KJV Isaiah 27:11 BibleApps.com Isaiah 27:11 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 27:11 Chinese Bible Isaiah 27:11 French Bible Isaiah 27:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 27:11 When its boughs are withered they will (Isa Isi Is) |
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