Isaiah 3:8

Translations

Modern

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

Traditional

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Literal

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their tongue and their deeds are against YHWH, defying the eyes of His glory.

Latin

Ruit enim Jerusalem, et Judas concidit, quia lingua eorum et adinventiones eorum contra Dominum, ut provocarent oculos majestatis ejus.

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Hebrew

English

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

Notes

Isaiah 3:8–9

The weakness of human strength and society can be seen as a form of divine judgment.
His glorious presence: The people of Judah were openly wicked, like the people of Sodom (Isaiah 3:9; see also 1:9–10).

Isaiah 3:1–12

These verses continue discussing judgment against Israel's leaders (see Isaiah 1:23–25). Removing leaders at all levels would let the mob take over. Chaos and famine would turn Judah and Jerusalem into a social wasteland.

Isaiah 2:5–4:1

Isaiah condemned Israel and Judah for their pride and self-importance. He warned them that only God should be honored. All attempts by humans to lift themselves up will actually result in humiliation.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 9:9
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Malachi 3:13–15
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Matthew 12:36–37
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Isaiah 57:4
Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Psalm 73:8–11
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
Isaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
2 Chronicles 33:6–7
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Glory Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Anarchy: General Scriptures Concerning Disobedience to God: Provokes his Anger Eye: Anthropomorphic Uses of Famine: Sent As a Judgment Infidelity: General Scriptures Concerning Jerusalem: Prophecies Against National Sins: Punishment For Sin: The Israelites The Anger of God: Against: The Wicked

Isaiah 3:8

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