Isaiah 28 · Verse 19

Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Isaiah 28:19, King James Version

Isaiah 28:19 in other translations

BSBAs often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
WEBAs often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.”
ASVAs often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.
YLTFrom the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report.
DARBYAs it passeth through it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be terror only to understand the report.
BBEWhenever they come through they will overtake you; for they will come through morning after morning, by day and by night: and the news will be nothing but fear.
WebsterFrom the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

What does Isaiah 28:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. From the time, &c.--rather, "As often as it comes over (that is, passes through), it shall overtake you" [Horsley]; like a flood returning from time to time, frequent hostile invasions shall assail Judah, after the deportation of the ten tribes. vexation ... understand ... report--rather, "It shall be a terror even to hear the mere report of it" [Maurer], (1Sa 3:11). But G. V. Smith, "Hard treatment (Horsley, 'dispersion') only shall make you to understand instruction"; they scorned at the simple way in which the prophet offered it (Is 28:9); therefore, they must be taught by the severe teachings of adversity.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 28:16-22

Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counsels of God. This foundation is a stone, firm and able to support his church. It is a tried stone, a chosen stone, approved of God, and never failed any who made trial of it. A corner stone, binding together the whole building, and bearing the whole weight; precious in the…

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Isaiah 28:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִדֵּ֤יmi.Deias often asH1767
עָבְרוֹ֙a.ve.Ropasses by itH5674
יִקַּ֣חyi.Kachit will takeH3947
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בַבֹּ֧קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
בַּבֹּ֛קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
יַעֲבֹ֖רya.'a.Vorit will pass byH5674
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
וּבַלָּ֑יְלָהu.va.La.ye.lahand in the nightH3915
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
רַק\־rak-onlyH7535
זְוָעָ֖הze.va.'AhterrorH2113
הָבִ֥יןha.Vinto understandH995
שְׁמוּעָֽה\׃she.mu.'Ah[the] messageH8052

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Cross references for Isaiah 28:19

  • Habakkuk 3:16

    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • Jeremiah 19:3

    And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

  • Isaiah 33:7

    Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

  • Daniel 8:27

    And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

  • 2 Kings 24:2

    And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

  • Daniel 7:28

    Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • Luke 21:25-26

    And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

  • Isaiah 36:22

    Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

  • Isaiah 50:4

    The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  • Isaiah 10:5-6

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Isaiah 37:3

    And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  • 2 Kings 18:13

    Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the time.
10:5,6; 2Ki 17:6; 18:13; Eze 21:19-23
and it.
33:7; 36:22; 37:3; 1Sa 3:11; 2Ki 21:12; Jer 19:3; Da 7:28; 8:27
Hab 3:16; Lu 21:25,26
to understand the report. or, when he shall make you tounderstand doctrine.

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Context

  • Isaiah 28:18

    And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

  • Isaiah 28:19

    From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

  • Isaiah 28:20

    For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

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Isaiah 28:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Luego que comenzare á pasar, él os arrebatará; porque de mañana de mañana pasará, de día y de noche; y será que el espanto solamente haga entender lo oído.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
dès qu’il passera, il vous prendra; car matin après matin il passera, de jour et de nuit, et ce ne sera qu’effroi d’en entendre la rumeur;
German
Elberfelder 1871
So oft sie hindurchfährt, wird sie euch hinraffen; denn jeden Morgen wird sie hindurchfahren, bei Tage und bei Nacht. Und es wird eitel Schrecken sein, die Botschaft zu vernehmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quandocumque pertransierit, tollet vos, quoniam in mane diluculo pertransibit in die et in nocte; et tantummodo sola vexatio intellectum dabit auditui.