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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֗י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
joy	יִשְׂמַ֣ח yis.Mach	H8055	probably to brighten up · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
men	בַּחוּרָ֜יו ba.chu.Rav	H970	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mercy	יְרַחֵ֔ם ye.ra.Chem	H7355	to fondle · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fatherless	יְתֹמָ֤יו ye.to.Mav	H3490	a bereaved person · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
widows	אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙ 'al.me.no.Tav	H490	a widow · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hypocrite	חָנֵ֣ף cha.Nef	H2611	soiled (i.e. with sin) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
evildoer	וּמֵרַ֔ע u.me.Ra'	H7489	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
mouth	פֶּ֖ה peh	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
speaketh	דֹּבֵ֣ר do.Ver	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
folly	נְבָלָ֑ה ne.va.Lah	H5039	foolishness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
anger	אַפּ֔וֹ 'a.Po	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
away	שָׁ֣ב shav	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	יָד֥וֹ ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
still	נְטוּיָֽה ne.tu.Yah	H5186	to stretch or spread out · verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and…
Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take…
Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of th…
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…
Isaiah 27:11 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…
Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Psalms 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Isaiah 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:8–end

Here are terrible threatenings, which are directed primarily against Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, Ephraim and Samaria, the ruin of which is here foretold, with all the woeful confusions that were the prefaces to that ruin, all which came to pass within a few years after; but they look further, to all the enemies of the throne and kingdom of Christ the Son of David, and read the doom of all the nations that forget God, and will not have Christ to reign over them. Observe, I. The preface to this prediction (Isa 9:8): The Lord sent a word into Jacob, sent it by his servants the prophets. He warns before he wounds. He sent notice what he would do, that they might meet him in the way of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:17

no joy--the parallelism, "neither . . . mercy," shows that this means, He shall have no such delight in their youthful warriors, however much they be the nation's delight and reliance, as to save them from the enemy's sword (Isa 31:8; compare Jer 18:21). fatherless, &c.--not even the usual objects of His pity (Psa 10:14, Psa 10:18; Psa 68:5; Jer 49:11; Hos 14:3) shall be spared. hypocrite--rather, a libertine, polluted [HORSLEY]. folly--wickedness (Psa 14:1). still--Notwithstanding all these judgments, more remain.

John Gill on Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,.... Take no delight and pleasure in them; but, on the contrary, detest and abhor them, and so destroy them, being depraved and corrupted by the bad instructions and examples of their parents: neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; who are objects of pity and compassion; yet these being wicked, as well as the fathers of the one, and the husbands of the other, shall be no more spared than they have been; so that this expresses both the general corruption and destruction of this people: for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer; a hypocrite, as Aben Ezra on the place observes, is one that is outwardly good, and inwar…

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Dictionary and topics

Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hypocrites · God has no pleasure in — God has no pleasure in
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 9:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:17

John Gill on Isaiah 9:17

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 9:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 9:17

John Gill on Isaiah 9:17

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 9:17

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 9:13-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 9:17

Rashi on Isaiah 9:17