Isaiah 9 · Verse 11

Isaiah 9:11

Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
Isaiah 9:11, King James Version

Isaiah 9:11 in other translations

BSBThe LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
WEBTherefore the LORD will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
ASVTherefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
YLTAnd Jehovah setteth the adversaries of Rezin on high above him, And his enemies he joineth together,
DARBYAnd Jehovah will set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and arm his enemies,
BBEFor this cause the Lord has made strong the haters of Israel, driving them on to make war against him;
WebsterTherefore the LORD will set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

What does Isaiah 9:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. adversaries of Rezin--the Assyrians, who shall first attack Damascus, shall next advance "against him" (Ephraim). This is the punishment of Ephraim's pride in making light (Is 9:10) of the judgment already inflicted by God through Tiglath-pileser (2Ki 15:29). A second Assyrian invasion (see on Is 7:1) shall follow. The reading "princes" for "adversaries" in uncalled for. join--rather, "arm"; cover with armor [Maurer]. his--Rezin's.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 The adversaries of Rezin against him "The princes of Retsin against him" - For צרי tsarey, enemies, Houbigant, by conjecture, reads שרי sarey, princes; which is confirmed by thirty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., (two ancient), one of my own, ancient; and nine more have צ tsaddi, upon a rasure, and therefore had probably at first שרי sarey. The princes of Retsin, the late ally of Israel, that is, the Syrians, expressly named in the next verse, shall now be excited against Israel. The Septuagint in this place give us another variation; for רצין Retsin, they read הר ציון har tsiyon, ορος Σιων, Mount Sion, of which this may be the sense; but Jehovah shall set up the adversaries of Mount Sion against him, (i.e., against Israel), and will strengthen his enemies together; the Syrians, the Philistines, who are called the adversaries of Mount Sion. See Simonis Lex. in voce סכך sachach.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 9:8-21

Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected. The leaders of the people misled them. We have reason to be afraid of those that speak well of us, when we do ill. Wickedness was universal, all were infected with it. They shall be…

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Isaiah 9:11 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.

וַיְשַׂגֵּ֧בvay.sa.Gevand he set on highH7682
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
צָרֵ֥יtza.Rei[the] opponents ofH6862
רְצִ֖יןre.TzinRezinH7526
עָלָ֑יו'a.Lavagainst himH5921
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֹיְבָ֖יו'o.ye.Vavenemies hisH341
יְסַכְסֵֽךְ\׃ye.sakh.Sekhhe provokedH5526

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Cross references for Isaiah 9:11

  • Isaiah 17:1-5

    The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 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. And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. …

  • Isaiah 7:8

    For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

  • Isaiah 10:9-11

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

  • Isaiah 8:4-7

    For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son; Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 16:9

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
set up.
8:4-7; 10:9-11; 17:1-5; 2Ki 15:29; 16:9
join. Heb. mingle.

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Context

  • Isaiah 9:10

    The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

  • Isaiah 9:11

    Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

  • Isaiah 9:12

    The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Isaiah 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero Jehová ensalzará los enemigos de Rezín contra él, y juntará sus enemigos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		les Syriens, à l’est, et les Philistins, à l’ouest; et ils dévoreront Israël à gueule ouverte. Pour tout cela, sa colère ne s’est pas détournée, et sa main est encore étendue.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Jehova wird die Bedränger Rezins über dasselbe erheben und seine Feinde aufreizen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et elevabit Dominus hostes Rasin super eum, et inimicos ejus in tumultum vertet.