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Selected Verse: Isaiah 50:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 50:9 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] will help [05826] me; who is he that shall condemn [07561] me? lo, they all shall wax old [01086] as a garment [0899]; the moth [06211] shall eat them up [0398]. |
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King James |
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare "deal," or "proper," Isa 52:13, Margin; Isa 53:10; Psa 118:6; Jer 23:5).
as a garment-- (Isa 51:6, Isa 51:8; Psa 102:26). A leading constituent of wealth in the East is change of raiment, which is always liable to the inroads of the moth; hence the frequency of the image in Scripture. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The Lord God will help me - (See Isa 50:7). In the Hebrew this is, 'The Lord Jehovah,' as it is in Isa 50:7 also, and these are among the places where our translators have improperly rendered the word יהוה yehovâh (Jehovah) by the word 'God.'
Who is he that shall condemn me? - If Yahweh is my advocate and friend, my cause must be right. Similar language is used by the apostle Paul: 'If God be for us, who can be against us?' Rom 8:31; and in Psa 118:6 :
Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:
What can man do unto me?
They all shall wax old - All my enemies shall pass away, as a garment is worn out and cast aside. The idea is, that the Messiah would survive all their attacks; his cause, his truth and his reputation would live, while all the power, the influence, the reputation of his adversaries, would vanish as a garment that is worn out and then thrown away. The same image respecting his enemies is used again in Isa 51:8.
The moth shall eat them up - The moth is a well known insect attached particularly to woolen clothes, and which soon consumes them (see the note at Job 4:19). In eastern countries, where wealth consisted much in changes of raiment, the depredations of the moth would be particularly to be feared, and hence, it is frequently referred to in the Bible. The sense here is, that the adversaries of the Messiah would be wholly destroyed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They - Mine accusers and enemies. The moth - Shall be cut off and consumed by a secret curse. |
26 They shall perish [06], but thou shalt endure [05975]: yea, all of them shall wax old [01086] like a garment [0899]; as a vesture [03830] shalt thou change [02498] them, and they shall be changed [02498]:
8 For the moth [06211] shall eat them up [0398] like a garment [0899], and the worm [05580] shall eat [0398] them like wool [06785]: but my righteousness [06666] shall be for ever [05769], and my salvation [03444] from generation [01755] to generation [01755].
6 Lift up [05375] your eyes [05869] to the heavens [08064], and look [05027] upon the earth [0776] beneath: for the heavens [08064] shall vanish away [04414] like smoke [06227], and the earth [0776] shall wax old [01086] like a garment [0899], and they that dwell [03427] therein shall die [04191] in like [03644] manner [03654]: but my salvation [03444] shall be for ever [05769], and my righteousness [06666] shall not be abolished [02865].
5 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that I will raise [06965] unto David [01732] a righteous [06662] Branch [06780], and a King [04428] shall reign [04427] and prosper [07919], and shall execute [06213] judgment [04941] and justice [06666] in the earth [0776].
6 The LORD [03068] is on my side; I will not fear [03372]: what can [06213] man [0120] do [06213] unto me?
10 Yet it pleased [02654] the LORD [03068] to bruise [01792] him; he hath put him to grief [02470]: when thou shalt make [07760] his soul [05315] an offering for sin [0817], he shall see [07200] his seed [02233], he shall prolong [0748] his days [03117], and the pleasure [02656] of the LORD [03068] shall prosper [06743] in his hand [03027].
13 Behold, my servant [05650] shall deal prudently [07919], he shall be exalted [07311] and extolled [05375], and be very [03966] high [01361].
19 How much less [0637] in them that dwell [07931] in houses [01004] of clay [02563], whose foundation [03247] is in the dust [06083], which are crushed [01792] before [06440] the moth [06211]?
8 For the moth [06211] shall eat them up [0398] like a garment [0899], and the worm [05580] shall eat [0398] them like wool [06785]: but my righteousness [06666] shall be for ever [05769], and my salvation [03444] from generation [01755] to generation [01755].
6 The LORD [03068] is on my side; I will not fear [03372]: what can [06213] man [0120] do [06213] unto me?
31 What [5101] shall we [2046] then [3767] say [2046] to [4314] these things [5023]? If [1487] God [2316] be for [5228] us [2257], who [5101] can be against [2596] us [2257]?
7 For the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] will help [05826] me; therefore shall I not be confounded [03637]: therefore have I set [07760] my face [06440] like a flint [02496], and I know [03045] that I shall not be ashamed [0954].
7 For the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] will help [05826] me; therefore shall I not be confounded [03637]: therefore have I set [07760] my face [06440] like a flint [02496], and I know [03045] that I shall not be ashamed [0954].