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Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when it shooteth forth, Thou wilt debate with it; He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind.
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.
You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan]; He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
By driving them out of Canaan, by exile, You contended with them in a measure [O Lord]—He removed them with His rough blast as in the day of the east wind.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
You disputed with Israel by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with his severe storm on the day of the east wind.
By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away, you contended with her, expelling with a fierce blast on the day of the east wind.
Your controversy with her is fully resolved by sending her [into exile]. He removes her with a rough gust of wind on a day when it’s blowing from the east.
I carefully measured out Israel's punishment and sent the scorching heat to chase them far away.
In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken [her] away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.
The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending the people far away. He will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.
But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east.
When you drive them away and send them into exile, you make your case against them. He drives them out with his violent storm, as on a day when the hot east wind blows.
Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
He will ·settle his argument with Israel [or oppose her; contend with her] by sending her far away. ·Like a hot desert wind [L With his fierce breath in the day of the east wind; C the east wind came from the desert], he will drive her away.
In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contend with it, when he bloweth with his rough wind in the day of the East wind.
He punished Israel by sending it away. He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds.
The Lord punished his people by sending them into exile. He took them away with a cruel wind from the east.
You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with His severe storm on the day of the east wind.
The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending it far away. Like a hot desert wind, he will drive Israel away.
Measure by measure, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows.
In measure, she shall be chastised in her stalks: he stays his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
You contended with them by driving them away, by making them forlorn. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.
By expelling her, by her sending away, you argue with her. He removed them with his strong wind, in the day of the east wind.
Has God punished Israel as much as he has punished her enemies? No, for he has devastated her enemies, while he has punished Israel but a little, exiling her far from her own land as though blown away in a storm from the east.
Has God knocked them to the ground as he knocked down those who hit them? Oh, no. Were they killed as their killers were killed? Again, no. He was hard on them all right. The exile was a harsh sentence. He blew them away on a fierce blast of wind. But the good news is that through this experience Jacob’s guilt was taken away. The evidence that his sin is removed will be this: He will tear down the alien altars, take them apart stone by stone, And then crush the stones into gravel and clean out all the sex-and-religion shrines. For there’s nothing left of that pretentious grandeur. Nobody lives there anymore. It’s unlivable. But animals do just fine, browsing and bedding down. And it’s not a bad place to get firewood. Dry twigs and dead branches are plentiful. It’s the remains of a people with no sense of God. So, the God who made them Will have nothing to do with them. He who formed them will turn his back on them.
You fought with them by banishing them, by driving them away. He has expelled them on the day of the east wind with His fierce wind.
He punished Israel by sending it away. He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds.
Driving out and expelling, he struggled against it, carrying it off with his cruel wind on a day of storm.
You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.
You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.
By expelling and exiling them he has taken action against them, removing them with a breath as fierce as the east wind.
He will settle his argument with Israel by sending it far away. Like a hot desert wind, he will drive it away.
When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
The Lord will use war to punish Israel. He will make them leave their land. With a strong blast of his anger he will drive them out. It will be as if the east wind were blowing.
By warfare and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
By warfare and exile you contend with her – with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind.
You showed Your anger towards them by driving them out of the land. You moved them out with Your strong wind on the day of the east wind.
No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.
By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them on the day of the east wind.
By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them on the day of the east wind.
By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.
By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.
In measure, in the sending [of Yehudah] away [in the Golus], Thou dost contend with her. By His hard wind He removes her in the Yom Kadim (day of the east wind).
Measure by measure, by exile thou didst contend with them; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.
Measure by measure, by exile thou didst contend with them; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.
You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind.
By driving her away, You have dealt with her; You blew her away with a fierce blast As when the east wind comes ripping through. You sent her away to live as strangers in a foreign land.
In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
In measure against measure, when it shall be cast away, he shall deem it; he bethought in his hard spirit, by the day of heat. (In measure for measure, when they were cast away, he judged them; he took them away into exile, with his hard wind from the east.)
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,
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