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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Isaiah 17:14

At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dying;   Life-Death;   Man;   Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pekah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ethiopia;   Tirhakah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Lots;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Damascus;   Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Portion ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Micah, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Even;   Evil;   Isaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lots;   Resurrection;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the evening—sudden terror!Before morning—it is gone!This is the fate of those who plunder usand the lot of those who ravage us.
Hebrew Names Version
At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
King James Version
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
English Standard Version
At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
New American Standard Bible
At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are gone. This will be the fate of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us.
New Century Version
At night the people will be very frightened. Before morning, no one will be left. So our enemies will come to our land, but they will become nothing.
Amplified Bible
At evening time, now look, sudden terror! Before morning the Assyrians are no more. This is the portion (fate) of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who pillage us.
World English Bible
At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
At evening time, behold, there is terror!Before morning they are no more.Such will be the portion of those who pillage usAnd the lot of those who plunder us.
Berean Standard Bible
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of our plunderers.
Contemporary English Version
In the evening their attack is fierce, but by morning they are destroyed. This is what happens to those who raid and rob us.
Complete Jewish Bible
As evening falls, you can see terror; before sunrise, they have ceased to be. This is the lot of those who plunder us, the fate of those who prey on us.
Darby Translation
behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Easy-to-Read Version
That night, the people will be frightened. By morning, nothing will be left. So our enemies will get nothing. They will come to our land, but nothing will be there.
George Lamsa Translation
And behold at eveningtide violence; and before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of our oppressor, and the lot of those who plunder us.
Good News Translation
At evening they cause terror, but by morning they are gone. That is the fate of everyone who plunders our land.
Lexham English Bible
At the time of evening, and look, terror! Before morning he is no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who plunder us.
Literal Translation
At the time of evening, behold, terror! Before it is morning, it shall not be . This is the portion of those robbing us, and the lot of those plundering us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Though they be fearful at night, yet in the morninge it is gone with the, This is their porcion, that do vs harme, and heretage of them, that robbe vs.
American Standard Version
At eventide, behold, terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Bible in Basic English
In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take our goods, and the reward of those who violently take our property for themselves.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
King James Version (1611)
And behold at euening tide trouble, and before the morning he is not: this is the portion of them that spoile vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
At euen beholde there is trouble, and or euer it be mornyng lo it is gone: This is the portion of them that oppresse vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.
English Revised Version
At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the time of euentide, and lo! disturbling; in the morewtid, and he schal not abide. This is the part of hem that destrieden vs, and the part of hem that rauyschiden vs.
Update Bible Version
At evening, look, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of those that despoil us, and the lot of those that rob us.
Webster's Bible Translation
And behold at the time of evening trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that ravage us, and the lot of them that rob us.
New English Translation
In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!
New King James Version
Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us.
New Living Translation
In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.
New Life Bible
At evening time there is much fear! Before morning, they are gone. This will be what will come to those who take what belongs to us. It will be what happens to those who rob us.
New Revised Standard
At evening time, lo, terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the time of the evening, behold there shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall not be: this is the portion of them that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.
Revised Standard Version
At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
Young's Literal Translation
At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!
THE MESSAGE
At bedtime, terror fills the air. By morning it's gone—not a sign of it anywhere! This is what happens to those who would ruin us, this is the fate of those out to get us.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are no more. Such will be the portion of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us.

Contextual Overview

12 Alas! the booming of many peoples, Like the booming of the seas, shall they boom, - And the rushing of nations! Like the rushing of mighty waters, shall they rush. 13 Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away, - And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm! 14 At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

at eveningtide: Isaiah 10:28-32, 2 Kings 19:3, 2 Kings 19:35, Psalms 37:36

the portion: Isaiah 33:1, Judges 5:31, Job 20:29, Proverbs 22:23, Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 13:25, Ezekiel 39:10, Habakkuk 2:16, Habakkuk 2:17, Zephaniah 2:9, Zephaniah 2:10

Reciprocal: Job 18:18 - chased Isaiah 21:12 - The morning Isaiah 27:7 - he smitten Isaiah 29:2 - I will Isaiah 37:7 - I will Isaiah 37:33 - He Jeremiah 49:10 - he is not Ezekiel 7:7 - morning Ezekiel 28:26 - despise Daniel 2:35 - like Nahum 1:12 - Through Nahum 3:1 - full 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly.
Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old, shall be circumcised to you every male to your generations, - he that is born of the house, and he that is bought with silver of any son of a stranger, who is, not of thy seed,
Genesis 17:20
Yet as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; o! I have blessed trim and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly, - twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation;
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac, - whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.
Genesis 17:24
Now Abraham, was ninety-nine years old, - when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26
On this selfsame day, was Abraham circumcised, - and Ishmael his son;
Exodus 12:15
Seven days, unleavened cakes, shall ye eat, surely, on the first day, shall ye put away leaven, out of your houses, - for whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of Israel, from the first day, unto the seventh day.
Exodus 12:19
For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses, - for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land.
Exodus 30:33
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, and whosoever bestoweth thereof upon a stranger, shall he out off from among his people.
Exodus 30:38
Whosoever shall make like it, to smell of it shall be cut off from among his people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And behold at eveningtide trouble,.... Or terror a and consternation; which some understand of that which was in the Assyrian army, when the Angel of the Lord destroyed it, taking "evening for night", for it was in the night that that was done; so Jarchi interprets it of Shedim, a sort of spirits or demons, that came against the enemy, and troubled and frightened them: but it is best to take it in the more common sense, of the trouble that Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem were in, on the evening or night before their deliverance; the whole land of Judea round about them being laid waste, their city besieged by a powerful army, and the enemy blaspheming, blustering, and triumphing:

[and] before the morning he [is] not; Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, he was not before Jerusalem, he was fled: or "it was not" b; the Assyrian army was not, it was destroyed by an angel in the night, and in the morning were all dead corpses, 2 Kings 19:35 or trouble was not, that was all over, joy came in the morning; see Psalms 30:5:

this [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us; these are the words of the prophet, and of the people of God, he represents, making observation upon, and use of the above dispensation, though not confining it to that; and their meaning is, that this is not the case of these Assyrians only, but of all the enemies of God's people, who, sooner or later, come to destruction; and which is not by chance, but by the appointment and disposition of God, who allots and portions out ruin unto them, as the just reward of their works; see Job 20:29.

a בלהה "terror", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. b איננו "non ipsa", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At evening-tide trouble - In the time of evening - that is, in the night.

Before the morning he is not - That is, he is destroyed. This is strikingly descriptive of the destruction of the army of Sennacherib on that fatal night when the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 men (see the note at Isaiah 37:36).

This is the portion of them that spoil us - Of those who would plunder us. This is a “general” declaration in regard to the enemies of the Jewish people. This is the lot, the end, the destiny of all who attempt to destroy them. That is, the people of God shall be safe whoever rises up against them; and whatever may be the number, or the power of their foes, they shall be overthrown.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 17:14. He is not - "He is no more."] For איננו einennu ten MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's, (three ancient,) ten of De Rossi's, and two editions, and the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Arabic, have ואיננו veeinenno. This particle, authenticated by so many good vouchers, restores the sentence to its true poetical form, implying a repetition of some part of the parallel line preceding, thus: -

"At the season of evening, behold terror!

Before the morning, and [behold] he is no more!"


That spoil us — For שוסינו shoseynu, them that spoil us, fifteen MSS., one edition, and the Syriac have שוסנו shosenu, him that spoileth us. And for לבזזינו lebozezeynu, them that rob us, six MSS. and the Syriac have לבוזזנו lebozzeno, him that robbeth us: and these readings make the place answer better to Sennacherib, according to Lowth's conjecture. Though God may permit the wicked to prevail for a time against his people, yet in the end those shall be overthrown, and the glory of the Lord shall shine brightly on them that fear him; for the earth shall be subdued, and the universe filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen!


 
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