Isaiah 2:6

2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. from: or, more than the please: or, abound with the

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For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

Therefore you have forsaken your people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

What does Isaiah 2:6 mean?

Isaiah 2:6 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָטַשׁ (nâṭash), עַם (ʻam), בַּיִת (bayith).

Hebrew interlinear

Therefore

thou

hast

forsakenנָטַשׁnâṭash/naw-tash'/H5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)

thy

peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

the

houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Jacob,יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

because

they

replenishedמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

from

the

east,קֶדֶםqedem/keh'-dem/H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

and

are

soothsayersעָנַןʻânan/aw-nan'/H6049figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic

the

Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîy/pel-ish-tee'/H6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

and

they

pleaseסָפַקçâphaq/saw-fak'/H5606to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit

themselves

the

childrenיֶלֶדyeled/yeh'-led/H3206something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

strangers.נׇכְרִיnokrîy/nok-ree'/H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

from:

or,

than

the

please:

or,

abound

with

the

Commentary on Isaiah 2:6

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 2:5–7

e very jaws of a beast of prey: God has not given us as a prey to their teeth, intimating that they had no power over God's people but what was given them from above. They could not be a prey to their teeth unless God gave them up, and therefore they were rescued, because God would not suffer them to be ruined. 2. Like a bird, a little bird (the word signifies a sparrow), out of the snare of the fowler. The enemies are very subtle and spiteful; they lay snares for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem to have prevailed so far as to gain their point. God's people are taken in the snare, and are as unable to help themselves out as any weak and silly bird is; and then is God's time to appear for their relief, when all other friends fail; then God breaks the snare, and turns the counsel of the enemies into foolishness: The snare is broken and so we are delivered. Isaac was saved when he lay ready to be sacrificed. Jehovah-jireh—in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. II. That their hearts, and the hearts of others, might be the more encouraged to trust in God in the like dangers ( v. 8 ): Our help is in the name of the Lord. David had directed us ( Ps. cxxi. 2 ) to depend upon God for help as to our personal concerns— My help is in the name of the Lord; here as to the concerns of the public—Our help is so. It is a comfort to all that lay the interests of God's Israel near their hearts that Israel's God is the same that made the world, and therefore will have a church in the world, and can secure that church in times of the greatest danger and distress. In him therefore let the church's friends put their confidence, and they shall not be put to confusion. This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet ( Isa. iii. 10, 11 ), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him." Thus are life and death, the blessing and the curse, set before us often in the psalms, as well as in the law and the prophets. I. It is certainly well with the people of God; for, 1. They have the promises of a good God that they shall be fixed ( ver. 1 ), and safe ( ver. 2 ), and not always under the hatches, ver. 3 . 2. They have the prayers of a good man, which shall be heard for them, ver. 4 . II. It is certainly ill with the wicked, and particularly with the apostates, ver. 5 . Some of the Jewish rabbies are of opinion that it has reference to the days of th

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God Idolatry Philistines Titles and Names of the Wicked

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 2:6.

1 Samuel 4:2

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. they joined: Heb. the battle was spread army: Heb. array

Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. the steward: Heb. him that was over his house

Judges 15:9

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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What does Isaiah 2:6 say?

Isaiah 2:6 (King James Version) reads: "Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. from: or, more than the please: or, abound with the"

Is Isaiah 2:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 2:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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