Isaiah 27 · Verse 7

Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
Isaiah 27:7, King James Version

Isaiah 27:7 in other translations

BSBHas the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
WEBHas he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
ASVHath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?
YLTAs the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?
DARBYHath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?
BBEIs his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?
WebsterHath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

What does Isaiah 27:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. him ... those--Israel--Israel's enemies. Has God punished His people as severely as He has those enemies whom He employed to chastise Israel? No! Far from it. Israel, after trials, He will restore; Israel's enemies He will utterly destroy at last. the slaughter of them that are slain by him--rather, "Is Israel slain according to the slaughter of the enemy slain?" the slaughter wherewith the enemy is slain [Maurer].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 27:6-13

In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our souls be continually watered and kept, that we may abound in the fruits of the Spirit, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. The Jews yet are kept a separate and a numerous people; they have not been rooted out as those who slew them. The condition of that nation…

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Isaiah 27:7 in the original Hebrew

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הַכְּמַכַּ֥תha.ke.ma.Kat¿ like [the] striking? ofH4347
מַכֵּ֖הוּma.Ke.hu[the] [one who] struck itH5221
הִכָּ֑הוּhi.Ka.huhas he struck itH5221
אִם\־'im-or?H518
כְּהֶ֥רֶגke.He.reglike [the] slaughter ofH2027
הֲרֻגָ֖יוha.ru.Gavslain [ones] itsH2026
הֹרָֽג\׃ho.Raghas it been slainH2026

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Cross references for Isaiah 27:7

  • Isaiah 37:36-38

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.

  • Jeremiah 30:11-16

    For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. …

  • Jeremiah 51:24

    And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.

  • Daniel 2:31-35

    Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. …

  • Jeremiah 50:40

    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

  • Nahum 3:19

    There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

  • Isaiah 14:22-23

    For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 50:33-34

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Isaiah 17:3

    The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Nahum 1:14

    And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

  • Isaiah 10:20-25

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. …

  • Isaiah 17:14

    And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he smitten.
10:20-25; 14:22,23; 17:3,14; Jer 30:11-16; 50:33,34,40; 51:24
Da 2:31-35; Na 1:14; 3:19
as he smote. Heb. according to the stroke of.

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Context

  • Isaiah 27:6

    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

  • Isaiah 27:7

    Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

  • Isaiah 27:8

    In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

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Isaiah 27:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Acaso ha sido herido como quien lo hirió? ¿ó ha sido muerto como los que lo mataron?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’a-t-il frappé selon le coup de ceux qui l’ont frappé? A-t-il été tué selon la tuerie de ceux qu’il a tués?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hat er es geschlagen, wie er seinen Schläger schlug? Oder ist es ermordet worden, wie er die Ermordeten jenes ermordete?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Numquid juxta plagam percutientis se percussit eum? aut sicut occidit interfectos ejus, sic occisus est?