Would He contend with me in great power? No! But He would pay attention to me.
Isaiah 27:8 - The Scriptures 2009 In measure, by sending her away, You contended with her. He shall take away by His rough wind in the day of the east wind. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By driving them out of Canaan, by exile, You contended with them in a measure [O Lord]–He removed them with His rough blast as in the day of the east wind. American Standard Version (1901) In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind. Common English Bible By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away, you contended with her, expelling with a fierce blast on the day of the east wind. Catholic Public Domain Version You will judge this by comparing one measure to another, when he has been cast out. He has decided this, by his stern spirit, for the day of heat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat. |
Would He contend with me in great power? No! But He would pay attention to me.
O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chastise me in Your hot displeasure!
O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your displeasure, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
For the wrath of mankind praises You, With the remainder of wrath You gird Yourself!
But He, the Compassionate One, Pardoned crookedness, And did not destroy them. And many a time He turned His displeasure away, And did not stir up all His wrath.
Why should you be stricken any more? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick, and all the heart faints.
“And it shall be, when יהוה has performed all His work on Mount Tsiyon and on Yerushalayim, that I shall punish the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the sovereign of Ashshur, and the boasting of his haughty looks.
Thus says יהוה, “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, you were sold for your crookednesses, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
“For a little while I have forsaken you, but with great compassion I shall gather you.
“For I would not strive forever, nor am I wroth forever, for the spirit would grow faint before Me, even the beings I have made.
You shall meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, who remembers You in Your ways. See, You were wroth when we sinned in them a long time. And should we be saved?
O יהוה, chastise me, but with right-ruling – not in Your displeasure, lest You bring me to naught.
For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’
At that time it shall be said to this people and to Yerushalayim, “A scorching wind of the bare heights blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan or to cleanse.
For thus said יהוה, “All the earth shall be a ruin, but I shall not make a complete end.
“Do not fear, O Ya‛aqoḇ My servant,” declares יהוה, “for I am with you. Though I make a complete end of all the nations to which I have driven you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in right-ruling, and by no means leave you unpunished.”
For though He afflicted, Yet He shall show compassion According to the greatness of His loving-commitments.
But she was uprooted in wrath, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong rods were broken and withered, fire consumed them.
“Though he bears fruit among his brothers, an east wind comes, a wind from יהוה comes up from the wilderness, and it dries up his fountain, and his spring becomes dry – it plunders a treasure of all desirable objects.
Hear the word of יהוה, you children of Yisra’ĕl, for יהוה has a case against the inhabitants of the land: “For there is no truth or loving-commitment or knowledge of Elohim in the land.
No trial has overtaken you except such as is common to man, and Elohim is trustworthy, who shall not allow you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial shall also make the way of escape, enabling you to bear it.
in which you exult, even though for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by manifold trials,