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They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek Yahweh of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts [as their most essential need].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The people did not turn to him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The people did not turn to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people of Israel still did not turn back to the LORD All-Powerful and worship him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet the people hath not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But the people have not returned to the one who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel have not repented; even though the LORD Almighty has punished them, they have not returned to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD who commands armies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the people turn not to him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the people has not turned back to Him who is striking it, "" And they have not sought YHWH of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the people turned not back even to him smiting them, and Jehovah of armies they sought not.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the people did not return to the One who struck them, and they did not seek the Lord of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The people do not turn back to the one who struck them, nor do they seek the LORD of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The people did not turn to him who struck them, or seek the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the people did not turn to him till they were devoured, neither did they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the people were not converted until they were devoured, and they did not seek LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, Neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/9-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1989" 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/9.htm">Judgment Against Israel's Hypocrisy</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·hā·‘ām (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">But the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šāḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">return</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: ham·mak·kê·hū (Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc:: 3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">Him who struck them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: ḏā·rā·šū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.…<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/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></span><br />O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Hosea 7:10</a></span><br />Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-11</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">2 Chronicles 28:22-23</a></span><br />In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. / He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5</a></span><br />Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">Isaiah 31:6</a></span><br />Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5-6</a></span><br />Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. / I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3-4</a></span><br />So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ / Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Malachi 3:7</a></span><br />Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-3.htm">Luke 13:3-5</a></span><br />No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. / Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? / No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21-22</a></span><br />Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the people turns not to him that smites them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">the people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5</a></b></br> Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm">Isaiah 26:11</a></b></br> LORD, <i>when</i> thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: <i>but</i> they shall see, and be ashamed for <i>their</i> envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Isaiah 57:17</a></b></br> For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.</p><p class="hdg">neither</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a></b></br> Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because <i>they are</i> many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29</a></b></br> But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find <i>him</i>, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a></b></br> For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/psalms/105-36.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/songs/5-7.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/songs/5-6.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-31.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-21.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by the birth and kingdom of Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">The judgments upon Israel for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">For their hypocrisy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">And for their unrepentance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>But the people have not returned</b><br />This phrase highlights the persistent rebellion and stubbornness of the people of Israel. The Hebrew word for "returned" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to turn back or repent. In the context of the Old Testament, returning to God is a central theme, emphasizing repentance and a change of heart. Despite the warnings and judgments, the people of Israel continue in their ways, illustrating a spiritual blindness and hardness of heart. This serves as a reminder of the importance of repentance and the need for a genuine turning back to God in our own lives.<p><b>to Him who struck them</b><br />The phrase "to Him who struck them" refers to God, who, in His righteousness, disciplines His people. The Hebrew word for "struck" is "נָכָה" (nakah), which can mean to smite or to punish. This reflects the biblical principle that God disciplines those He loves, as a father disciplines his children (<a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm">Proverbs 3:12</a>). The discipline is not out of anger but out of a desire to correct and bring His people back to a right relationship with Him. It is a call to recognize God's sovereignty and His righteous judgment, urging us to respond with humility and repentance.<p><b>nor have they sought the LORD of Hosts</b><br />The phrase "sought the LORD of Hosts" underscores the failure of the people to seek God earnestly. The Hebrew word for "sought" is "דָּרַשׁ" (darash), which implies a diligent search or inquiry. The "LORD of Hosts" is a title that emphasizes God's supreme authority over all heavenly and earthly armies. It is a call to recognize His power and majesty. The failure to seek God indicates a lack of faith and trust in His ability to save and deliver. This serves as a powerful reminder of the necessity of seeking God with all our heart, soul, and mind, acknowledging His lordship and desiring His presence in our lives.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">For the people turneth not . . .</span>--What follows was the word that was meant for all Israel. They had not "turned" to the Lord, there were no proofs of that conversion which true prophets and preachers have at all times sought after.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The people</span>. The people of Israel, as distinct from the people of Judah. The particular judgment announced in vers. 11, 12 is clearly to fall on them. <span class="cmt_word">Neither do they seek the Lord of hosts</span>. Israel had set itself to seek after Baal from the time of Ahab (<a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31</a>). The reform of Jehu (<a href="/2_kings/10-28.htm">2 Kings 10:28</a>) had gone but skin-deep. Baal was still "sought to," rather than Jehovah, when the final judgment came (<a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a>; <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/9-13.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">But the people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">return</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him who struck them;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּכֵּ֑הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mak·kê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seek</span><br /><span class="heb">דָרָֽשׁוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·rā·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts.</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:13 Yet the people have not turned (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 9:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 9:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:14" /></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>