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Isaiah 29

Isa. 29:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Stay
mahahh (Hebrew #4102)
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
KJV usage: delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
Pronounce: maw-hah'
Origin: apparently a denominative from 4100
yourselves, and wonder
tamahh (Hebrew #8539)
to be in consternation
KJV usage: be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder.
Pronounce: taw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
; κcry ye out
sha`a` (Hebrew #8173)
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Pronounce: shaw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and cry
sha`a` (Hebrew #8173)
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Pronounce: shaw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
: they are drunken
shakar (Hebrew #7937)
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
KJV usage: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
c, but not with wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
; they stagger
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
, but not with strong drink
shekar (Hebrew #7941)
an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
KJV usage: strong drink, + drunkard, strong wine.
Pronounce: shay-kawr'
Origin: from 7937
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or, take your pleasure and riot.
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Isa. 51:21• 21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: (Isa. 51:21)

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and wonder.
Isa. 1:2• 2Hear, ye heavens, and give ear, thou earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me. (Isa. 1:2)
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Isa. 33:13‑14• 13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames? (Isa. 33:13‑14)
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Jer. 2:12• 12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 2:12)
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Hab. 1:5• 5See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared to you. (Hab. 1:5)
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Acts 13:40‑41• 40See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon you,
 41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you. (Acts 13:40‑41)
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Rev. 17:6• 6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder. (Rev. 17:6)
cry ye out, and cry.
or, take your pleasure and riot.
Isa. 22:12‑13• 12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
 13and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine:--Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. (Isa. 22:12‑13)
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Matt. 26:45• 45Then he comes to the disciples and says to them, Sleep on now and take your rest; behold, the hour has drawn nigh, and the Son of man is delivered up into the hands of sinners. (Matt. 26:45)
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Mark 14:41• 41And he comes the third time and says to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is delivered up into the hands of sinners. (Mark 14:41)
they are.
Isa. 29:10• 10For Jehovah hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your chiefs, the seers, hath he covered. (Isa. 29:10)
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Isa. 19:14• 14Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:14)
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Isa. 28:7‑8• 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no more place. (Isa. 28:7‑8)
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Isa. 49:26• 26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isa. 49:26)
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Isa. 51:21‑22• 21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
 22thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah, and thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I take out of thy hand the cup of bewilderment, the goblet-cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: (Isa. 51:21‑22)
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Jer. 23:9• 9Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness. (Jer. 23:9)
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Jer. 25:27• 27And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you. (Jer. 25:27)
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Jer. 51:7• 7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad. (Jer. 51:7)
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Lam. 4:21• 21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked. (Lam. 4:21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be astounded and astonished, blinde yourselves and be blinde! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "infatuate," see ch. 6.10.