Isaiah 27:8

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“By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.”

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BSBPD

“By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 27:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 10:10Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  2. Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
  3. Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  4. Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  5. Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
  6. Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
  7. Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
  8. Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
  9. Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
  10. Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
  11. Isaiah 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
  12. Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
  13. Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
  14. Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  15. Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
  16. Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  17. Isaiah 64:5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
  18. Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
  19. Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
  20. Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
  21. Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
  22. Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  23. Jeremiah 46:28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  24. Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

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