Isaiah 27:11 KJV
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Words Then and Now
- shew to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Show
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- A promise of their recall to Divine favourIn the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our souls be...
Thompson Chains
- Dullness (3)Link 4 of 6 · next Isaiah 29:11
- No UnderstandingLink 6 of 8 · next Isaiah 44:19
- Creator (2)See the chain from Genesis 1:26 · 8 links
- Divine DispleasureSee the chain from Numbers 11:1 · 3 links
Cross References
- Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
- Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
- Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
- Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
- Genesis 6:6–7 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. …
- Deuteronomy 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 32:18–25 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. …
- Deuteronomy 32:28–29 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:16–17 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. …
- Psalms 80:15–16 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. …
- Psalms 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
- Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isaiah 44:18–21 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. …
- Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:4–5 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. …
- Jeremiah 5:21–22 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: …
- Ezekiel 9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
- Ezekiel 15:2–8 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? …
- Ezekiel 20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
- Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
- John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Romans 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: …
- James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- When the boughs קְצִירָהּ qĕṣîrāh קָצִיר Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- thereof are withered בִּיבֹשׁ bîbōš יָבֵשׁ Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- they shall be broken off תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה tiššābarnâ שָׁבַר Verb · niphal imperfect, third person feminine plural
- the women נָשִׁים nāšîm אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine plural
- come בָּאוֹת bāʾwōt בּוֹא Verb · qal active participle, feminine plural
- set them on fire מְאִירוֹת mĕʾîrôt אוֹר Verb · hiphil active participle, feminine plural
- for it is a people עַם ʿam עַם Noun · masculine singular construct הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
- of no understanding לֹא lōʾ Negative בִּינוֹת bînôt בִּינָה Noun · feminine plural
- therefore he that made אוֹתָהּ ʾôtāh Object marker · with suffix: third person feminine singular כִּי kî Conjunction עַל ʿal Preposition כֵּן kēn Demonstrative עֹשֵׂהוּ ʿōśēhû עָשָׂה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- them will not have mercy לֹא lōʾ Negative יְרַחֲמֶנּוּ yĕraḥămennû רָחַם Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- on them, and he that formed וְיֹצְרוֹ wĕyōṣĕrô יָצַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- them will shew them no favour לֹא lōʾ Negative יְחֻנֶּנּוּ yĕḥunnennû חָנַן Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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