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Isaiah 65:8

65:7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

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Yahweh says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Thus says the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one said, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

What does Isaiah 65:8 mean?

Isaiah 65:8 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), תִּירוֹשׁ (tîyrôwsh).

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Thus
saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
the
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
As
the
new
wineתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôwsh/tee-roshe'/H8492must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
is
foundמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
in
the
cluster,אֶשְׁכּוֹלʼeshkôwl/esh-kole'/H811a bunch of grapes or other fruit
and
one
saith,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Destroyשָׁחַתshâchath/shaw-khath'/H7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
it
not;
for
a
blessingבְּרָכָהBᵉrâkâh/ber-aw-kaw'/H1293benediction; by implication prosperity
is
in
it:
so
will
I
doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
for
my
servants'עֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
sakes,
that
I
may
not
destroyשָׁחַתshâchath/shaw-khath'/H7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
them
all.

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2 Chronicles 35:21

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. the house: Heb. the house of my war

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What does Isaiah 65:8 say?

Isaiah 65:8 (King James Version) reads: "Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all."

Is Isaiah 65:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 65:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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