Isaiah 28:2
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שָׁטַף
shâṭaph
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁטַף shâṭaph
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
Study H7857 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and te...
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
In 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.
Thou 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.
For 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.
Therefore 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.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
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