King James Version
Isaiah 9:11 in the King James Version says “Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; join: Heb. mingle” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; join: Heb. mingle”
Isaiah 9:11 · KJV
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; join: Heb. mingle
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 his hand is stretched out still. open: Heb. whole
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall set up”
H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
“Therefore the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“against him and join”
H5526properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
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