Isaiah 28 · Verse 21

Isaiah 28:21

For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Isaiah 28:21, King James Version

Isaiah 28:21 in other translations

BSBFor the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
WEBFor the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
ASVFor Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
YLTFor as at mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As at the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work--strange is His work, And to do His deed--strange is His deed.'
DARBYFor Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.
BBEFor the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.
WebsterFor the LORD will rise as on mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

What does Isaiah 28:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. Perazim--In the valley of Rephaim (2Sa 5:18, 20; 1Ch 14:11), there Jehovah, by David, broke forth as waters do, and made a breach among the Philistines, David's enemies, as Perazim means, expressing a sudden and complete overthrow. Gibeon--(1Ch 14:16; 2Sa 5:25, Margin); not Joshua's victory (Jos 10:10). strange--as being against His own people; judgment is not what God delights in; it is, though necessary, yet strange to Him (La 3:33). work--punishing the guilty (Is 10:12).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 As in Mount Perazim - כהר kehar; but בהר bahar, In the mount, is the reading of two of Kennicott's, one of De Rossi's, and one of my own MSS.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 28:21 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.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
כְהַר\־khe.har-like [the] mountain ofH2022
פְּרָצִים֙pe.ra.TzimPerazimH6559
יָק֣וּםya.Kumhe will ariseH6965
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כְּעֵ֖מֶקke.'E.meklike a valleyH6010
בְּגִבְע֣וֹןbe.giv.'onin GibeonH1391
יִרְגָּ֑זyir.Gazhe will rageH7264
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
מַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ma.'a.Se.hudeed hisH4639
זָ֣רzar[is] strangeH2114
מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּma.'a.Se.hudeed hisH4639
וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ve.la.'a.Vodand to workH5647
עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹa.Vo.da.Towork hisH5656
נָכְרִיָּ֖הna.khe.ri.Yah[is] alienH5237
עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ\׃a.vo.da.Towork hisH5656

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Cross references for Isaiah 28:21

  • 1 Chronicles 14:11

    So they came up to Baal–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal–perazim.

  • Joshua 10:12

    Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

  • 2 Samuel 5:20

    And David came to Baal–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal–perazim.

  • Joshua 10:10

    And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

  • 2 Samuel 5:25

    And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

  • Lamentations 2:15

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • 1 Chronicles 14:16

    David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

  • Luke 19:41-44

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Isaiah 29:14

    Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

  • Deuteronomy 29:21-24

    And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 30:14

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in mount Perazim.
2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11
the valley.
Jos 10:10,12; 2Sa 5:25
Geba.
1Ch 14:16
his strange.
19; De 29:21-24; Jer 30:14; La 2:15; 3:33; Eze 33:21; Lu 19:41-44

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Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 28:21

    For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

  • Isaiah 28:22

    Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

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Isaiah 28:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque Jehová se levantará como en el monte Perasim, como en el valle de Gabaón se enojará; para hacer su obra, su extraña obra, y para hacer su operación, su extraña operación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car l’ Éternel se lèvera comme en la montagne de Peratsim, il sera ému de colère comme dans la vallée de Gabaon, pour faire son œuvre, son œuvre étrange, et pour accomplir son travail, son travail inaccoutumé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn Jehova wird sich aufmachen wie bei dem Berge Perazim, wie im Tale zu Gibeon wird er zürnen: um sein Werk zu tun-befremdend ist sein Werk! -und um seine Arbeit zu verrichten, -außergewöhnlich ist seine Arbeit!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sicut enim in monte divisionum stabit Dominus; sicut in valle quæ est in Gabaon irascetur, ut faciat opus suum, alienum opus ejus: ut operetur opus suum, peregrinum est opus ejus ab eo.