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| − | + | * ''In measure.'' This whole verse seems very difficult for translators to reckon with. The [http://www.bible.org/netbible/isa27_notes.htm#2719 NET footnotes] offer a brief explanation of the difficulties. The [http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&query=Isaiah+27%3A8§ion=0&translation=nas&oq=Isaiah%252027%3A8&new=1&nb=isa&ng=27&ncc=27 NASB] seems representative of many translators in interpreting ''cacacah'' (KJV "in measure") in a driving away sense, i.e. "banishing" (NRSV, "expulsion"). Wildberger attributes this view to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Dillmann Dillmann] who says "this would have to be analyzed as an infinitive with a third feminine singular suffix or else a noun expressing action." | |
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Lexical notes
Verse 8
- In measure. This whole verse seems very difficult for translators to reckon with. The NET footnotes offer a brief explanation of the difficulties. The NASB seems representative of many translators in interpreting cacacah (KJV "in measure") in a driving away sense, i.e. "banishing" (NRSV, "expulsion"). Wildberger attributes this view to Dillmann who says "this would have to be analyzed as an infinitive with a third feminine singular suffix or else a noun expressing action."
Exegesis
Verse 7
The KJV word him in this verse can be taken (at least) two ways. The more common interpretation seems to be that the him is referring to Israel ("them" in NRSV, NASB, etc.). On this view, the question seems to be asking whether God was as severe to Israel's oppressors as he was to Israel. The fact that Israel is fruitful implicitly answers this question since Israel's oppressors have been completely burned and destroyed. Another possible way to read this is asking whether he (God) struck him who struck him (God)—that is, although Israel struck God, God retaliated by blessing Israel.
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