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morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through.&#8221 The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Again and again that flood will come, morning after morning, day and night, until you are carried away.” This message will bring terror to your people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />From 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 <i>to</i> understand the report.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As often as it goes out it will take you; For morning by morning it will pass over, And by day and by night; It will be a terror just to understand the report.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“As often as it passes through, it will seize you; For morning after morning it will pass through, <i>anytime</i> during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220As often as it passes through, it will seize you; For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“As often as it passes through, it will seize you. For morning after morning it will pass through, <i>anytime</i> during the day or night. And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will take you; For morning after morning it will pass through, <i>anytime</i> during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand the report.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“As often as it passes through, it will seize you; For morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night, And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every time it passes through, it will carry you away; it will pass through every morning — every day and every night. Only terror will cause you to understand the message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every time it passes through, it will carry you away; it will pass through every morning— every day and every night. Only terror will cause you to understand the message. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As often as it passeth though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Morning, noon, and night an overwhelming flood will wash you away. The terrible things that happen will teach you this lesson: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nought but terror to understand the message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Each time it passes by it will take you. It will pass by morning after morning, during the day and during the night. Understanding this message brings only terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It will strike you again and again, morning after morning. You will have to bear it day and night. Each new message from God will bring new terror! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As often as it sweeps through, it will carry you away, for it will sweep by morning after morning in the day; but understanding this message will bring sheer terror at night, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.? The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night." When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />From 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />From the fullness of its passing over it takes you, "" For it passes over morning by morning, "" By day and by night, "" And it has been only a trembling to consider the report.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When passing through it shall take you: for by morning by morning it shall pass through in the day and in the night: and it was only an agitation to; understand the hearing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whenever it passes, it shall seize you; morning after morning it shall pass, by day and by night. Sheer terror to impart the message! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As often as it passes through, it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />From the time that it passes through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night; and it shall be a terror only to understand the report.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And at the time that it passes it will take you, because morning to morning it shall pass through, by day and by night there shall be terror. Only consider the report<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; For morning by morning shall it pass through, By day and by night; And it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/28-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5760" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">A Cornerstone in Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="1767: mid·dê (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Sufficiency, enough. Of uncertain derivation; enough, used chiefly with preposition in phrases.">As often as</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rōw (V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">it passes through,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qaḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">it will carry you away;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ya·‘ă·ḇōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">it will sweep through</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: ḇab·bō·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: bab·bō·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">after morning,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">by day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: ū·ḇal·lā·yə·lāh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">and by night.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: hā·ḇîn (V-Hifil-Inf) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">The understanding</a> <a href="/hebrew/8052.htm" title="8052: šə·mū·‘āh (N-fs) -- A report. Feminine passive participle of shamem; something heard, i.e. An announcement.">of this message</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq- (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">will bring sheer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2113.htm" title="2113: zə·wā·‘āh (N-fs) -- A trembling, an object of trembling or terror. From zuwa'; agitation, fear.">terror.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Jeremiah 23:19-20</a></span><br />Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked. / The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-15</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Amos 3:6</a></span><br />If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34-36</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. / For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. / So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27-28</a></span><br />when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. / Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Nahum 1:8</a></span><br />But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a></span><br />The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43-44</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. / For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7-8</a></span><br />the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-20.htm">Job 27:20-21</a></span><br />Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. / The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a></span><br />To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">From the time that it goes 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.</p><p class="hdg">the time</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5,6</a></b></br> O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></b></br> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor <i>by</i> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13</a></b></br> Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.</p><p class="hdg">and it</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-7.htm">Isaiah 33:7</a></b></br> Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/36-22.htm">Isaiah 36:22</a></b></br> Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that <i>was</i> over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with <i>their</i> clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Isaiah 37:3</a></b></br> And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day <i>is</i> a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and <i>there is</i> not strength to bring forth.</p><p class="hdg">to understand the report.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Carry</a> <a 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href="/isaiah/28-29.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Fulness</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Means</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Message</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Often</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-3.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Passeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Report</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Seize</a> <a href="/mark/15-10.htm">Sheer</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Sweep</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-17.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-21.htm">Whenever</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">He rebukes their error</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Their unwillingness to learn</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-14.htm">And their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Christ the sure foundation is promised</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Their security shall be tried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">They are incited to the consideration of God's providence</a></span><br></div></div><div 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data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/28.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/28.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As often as it passes through, it will carry you away;</b><br>This phrase refers to the impending judgment and destruction that will come upon the people of Israel due to their disobedience and rejection of God's covenant. The imagery of something passing through and carrying away suggests a relentless and unstoppable force, often interpreted as the Assyrian invasion. Historically, the Assyrians were known for their military prowess and their ability to conquer and exile nations. This serves as a warning to the Israelites that their reliance on foreign alliances and their own strength will not save them from God's judgment.<p><b>it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.</b><br>The continuous nature of the judgment is emphasized here, indicating that it will be persistent and inescapable. The mention of "morning after morning" and "by day and by night" suggests a comprehensive and unrelenting calamity. This can be seen as a reflection of the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to ongoing suffering and distress. The imagery of sweeping through also evokes the idea of a flood, which is often used in the Bible to symbolize overwhelming judgment (e.g., the flood in Genesis).<p><b>The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.</b><br>The realization of the severity and certainty of God's judgment is meant to instill fear and prompt repentance. The message is clear: ignoring God's warnings and continuing in sin will lead to devastating consequences. This terror is not just fear of physical destruction but also a recognition of the spiritual implications of being separated from God's protection and favor. The prophetic message serves as a call to return to God and seek His mercy. This theme of fear leading to repentance is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>, which states that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_invasion.htm">Assyrian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical context of this passage involves the threat of the Assyrian Empire, which was a tool of God's judgment against Israel and Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is inevitable and will come repeatedly until His purposes are fulfilled. This should lead us to a sober reflection on our spiritual state.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_understanding_god's_message.htm">The Importance of Understanding God's Message</a></b><br>The terror described is linked to understanding the message. We must seek to understand God's word deeply to respond appropriately.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The passage serves as a warning to turn from sin and seek God's mercy. Repentance is the appropriate response to the realization of impending judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_fear_in_faith.htm">The Role of Fear in Faith</a></b><br>A healthy fear of God's judgment can lead to wisdom and a deeper faith, as it drives us to seek refuge in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_continuous_nature_of_god's_warnings.htm">The Continuous Nature of God's Warnings</a></b><br>Just as the judgment is described as coming "morning after morning," God's warnings are continuous, giving us ample opportunity to turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/john_knox__bio,_beliefs,_legacy.htm">What are John Knox's biography, beliefs, and legacy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_all_the_names_in_the_bible.htm">What are all the names in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_remove_his_protection.htm">In Psalm 80:12-13, why would an omnipotent God remove His protection, allowing enemies to ravage His chosen people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_micah_2_with_divine_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the severity of God's threats in Micah 2 against claims of divine mercy elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you.</span>--The words that follow remind us of <a href="/context/deuteronomy/28-66.htm" title="And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have none assurance of your life:">Deuteronomy 28:66-67</a>. Day by day would come the dread rumours of the Assyrian march. Then the "report" would no longer be unintelligible. Instead of the "line upon line, precept upon precept," there would be "mourning upon mourning," "day and night," each with its sad burden of alarming tidings. To understand those tidings would be a vexation and a terror. The word for "report" is the same as the "doctrine" of <a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm" title="Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.">Isaiah 28:9</a>, and stands, in each case, for the deride "<span class= "ital">message"</span> of the prophet.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you</span>; rather, <span class="accented">as often as it passes along</span>, <span class="accented">it shall take you away</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> as often as the flood of Assyrian invasion sweeps through Palestine, it shall thin the population by death and captivity. We know of at least eight passages of the flood through Judaea - one under Sargon, two under Sennacherib, three or four under Esarhaddon, and two under Asshur-bani-pal. There may have been more. <span class="cmt_word">Morning by morning</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> frequently - time after time. <span class="cmt_word">Shall it pass over</span>; rather, pass <span class="accented">along</span>, or <span class="accented">pass through</span>. <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>It shall be a vexation only to understand the report</span>; rather, <span class="accented">it will be sheer terror to understand the doctrine</span>. There is an allusion to ver. 9. They had thought scorn of Isaiah's "doctrine," when he taught it them by word of mouth; they will understand it but too well, and find it" nothing but a terror," when it is impressed on them by the preaching of facts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/28-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As often as</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדֵּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1767.htm">Strong's 1767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sufficiency, enough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it passes through,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבְרוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇə·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will carry you away;</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will sweep through</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲבֹ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·ḇōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">morning</span><br /><span class="heb">בַבֹּ֧קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇab·bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after morning,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבֹּ֛קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(bab·bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and by night.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַלָּ֑יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇal·lā·yə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sheer</span><br /><span class="heb">רַק־</span> <span class="translit">(raq-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">terror [will come]</span><br /><span class="heb">זְוָעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(zə·wā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2113.htm">Strong's 2113: </a> </span><span class="str2">A trembling, an object of trembling or terror</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from understanding</span><br /><span class="heb">הָבִ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the message.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמוּעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mū·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8052.htm">Strong's 8052: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something heard, an announcement</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/28-19.htm">Isaiah 28:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:19 As often as it passes through it (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/28-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 28:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 28:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 28:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>