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Isaiah 28

Isa. 28:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
hath a mighty
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
and strong one
'ammiyts (Hebrew #533)
from 553; strong or (abstractly) strength
KJV usage: courageous, mighty, strong (one).
Pronounce: am-meets'
Origin: or (shortened) ammits {am-meets'}
, which as a tempest
zerem (Hebrew #2230)
a gush of water
KJV usage: flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.
Pronounce: zeh'-rem
Origin: from 2229
r of hail
barad (Hebrew #1259)
hail
KJV usage: hail ([stones]).
Pronounce: baw-rawd'
Origin: from 1258
and a destroying
qeteb (Hebrew #6986)
ruin
KJV usage: destroying, destruction.
Pronounce: keh'-teb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to cut off
storm
sa`ar (Hebrew #8178)
a tempest; also a terror
KJV usage: affrighted, X horribly, X sore, storm. See 8181.
Pronounce: sah'-ar
Origin: from 8175
, as a flood
zerem (Hebrew #2230)
a gush of water
KJV usage: flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.
Pronounce: zeh'-rem
Origin: from 2229
of mighty
kabbiyr (Hebrew #3524)
vast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mighty; of time, aged), or in number, many
KJV usage: + feeble, mighty, most, much, strong, valiant.
Pronounce: kab-beer'
Origin: from 3527
waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
overflowing
shataph (Hebrew #7857)
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
KJV usage: drown, (over-)flow(- whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
Pronounce: shaw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
, shall cast down
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
to the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
with the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Ezek. 13:11• 11Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. (Ezek. 13:11)

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the Lord.
Isa. 9:9‑12• 9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
 10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
 11Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
 12The 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. (Isa. 9:9‑12)
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Isa. 27:1• 1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)
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Ezek. 30:10‑11• 10Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. (Ezek. 30:10‑11)
as a tempest.
Isa. 28:15‑19• 15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
 16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
 17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
 18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
 19From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. (Isa. 28:15‑19)
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Isa. 8:7‑8• 7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
 8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (Isa. 8:7‑8)
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Isa. 25:4• 4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. (Isa. 25:4)
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Isa. 29:6• 6Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. (Isa. 29:6)
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Isa. 30:30• 30And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. (Isa. 30:30)
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Ezek. 13:11• 11Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. (Ezek. 13:11)
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Nah. 1:8• 8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. (Nah. 1:8)
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Matt. 7:25‑27• 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matt. 7:25‑27)
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Rev. 18:8• 8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. (Rev. 18:8)
• Against them the Lord would bring “a mighty and strong one,” like a devastating storm or flood doubtless the Assyrian army. (“Isaiah 28” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail and a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with mighta.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "hand."