King James Version
Isaiah 3:8 in the King James Version says “For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 3:8 · KJV
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. swear: Heb. lift up the hand healer: Heb. binder up
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.
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is ruined”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
“and Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“is fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because their tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“are against the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“to provoke”
H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
“the eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of his glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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