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Isaiah 1:31

1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. maker: or, and his work

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The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

And the strong shall be as wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

What does Isaiah 1:31 mean?

Isaiah 1:31 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָסֹן (châçôn), נְעֹרֶת (nᵉʻôreth), פֹּעַל (pôʻal). It connects to 8 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
the
strongחָסֹןchâçôn/khaw-sone'/H2634powerful
shall
be
as
tow,נְעֹרֶתnᵉʻôreth/neh-o'-reth/H5296something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)
and
the
makerפֹּעַלpôʻal/po'-al/H6467an act or work (concretely)
of
it
as
a
spark,נִיצוֹץnîytsôwts/nee-tsotes'/H5213a spark
and
they
shall
bothשְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim/shen-ah'-yim/H8147two; also (as ordinal) twofold
burnבָּעַרbâʻar/baw-ar'/H1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
together,יַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
and
none
shall
quenchכָּבָהkâbâh/kaw-baw'/H3518to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
them.
maker:
or,
and
his
work

Commentary on Isaiah 1:31

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 1:31
alm, besides the application of it to any particular deliverance wrought for us and our people, in our days and the days of our fathers, we may have in our thoughts the great work of our redemption by Jesus Christ, by which we were rescued from the powers of darkness. The Security of God's People. 1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. The people of God, being here called upon to praise God for their deliverance, are to take notice, I. Of the malice of men, by which they were reduced to the very brink of ruin. Let Israel say that there was but a step between them and death: the more desperate the disease appears to have been the more does the skill of the Physician appear in the cu

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 1:31.

Genesis 22:6

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:8

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Leviticus 6:12

And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.

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What does Isaiah 1:31 say?

Isaiah 1:31 (King James Version) reads: "And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. maker: or, and his work"

Is Isaiah 1:31 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 1:31 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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