Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled; New Living Translation The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength: “I will never again hand you over to your enemies. Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine. English Standard Version The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; Berean Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. King James Bible The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: New King James Version The LORD has sworn by His right hand And by the arm of His strength: “Surely I will no longer give your grain As food for your enemies; And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, For which you have labored. New American Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies, Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.” NASB 1995 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.” NASB 1977 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners drink your new wine, for which you have labored.” Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.” Amplified Bible The LORD has sworn [an oath] by His right hand and by His mighty arm, “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies, Nor will [the invading] foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.” Christian Standard Bible The LORD has sworn with his right hand and his strong arm: I will no longer give your grain to your enemies for food, and foreigners will not drink the new wine for which you have labored. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD has sworn with His right hand and His strong arm: I will no longer give your grain to your enemies for food, and foreigners will not drink your new wine you have labored for. American Standard Version Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored: Contemporary English Version The LORD has given his word and made this promise: "Never again will I give to your enemies the grain and grapes for which you struggled. English Revised Version The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and strangers shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm, "I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine which you made." Good News Translation The LORD has made a solemn promise, And by his power he will carry it out: "Your grain will no longer be food for your enemies, And foreigners will no longer drink your wine. International Standard Version "The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: 'I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; never again will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have toiled; Majority Standard Bible The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: ?Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. NET Bible The LORD swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: "I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce. New Heart English Bible The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, "Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored: Webster's Bible Translation The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be food for thy enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored: World English Bible Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH has sworn by His right hand, "" Even by the arm of His strength: “I do not give your grain anymore [as] food for your enemies, "" Nor do sons of a stranger drink your new wine, "" For which you have labored. Young's Literal Translation Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: 'I give not thy corn any more as food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah sware by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, If I shall give more thy grain for food to thine enemies, and if the sons of the stranger shall drink thy new wine which thou didst labor for it: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has sworn with his right hand and with the arm of his strength: “Certainly, I will no longer permit your grain to be the food of your enemies. And the sons of foreigners will not drink your wine, for which you have labored.” New American Bible The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: No more will I give your grain as food to your enemies; Nor shall foreigners drink the wine, for which you toiled. New Revised Standard Version The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink the wine for which you have labored; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his strong arm, I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; neither shall the sons of strangers drink your wine for which you have labored; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH swore by his right hand and by his strong arm: "I shall not give your grain as food to your enemies again, and children of foreigners shall not drink your wine, and your labor with it OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD hath sworn by His right hand, And by the arm of His strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn To be food for thine enemies; And strangers shall not drink thy wine, For which thou hast laboured; Brenton Septuagint Translation For the Lord has sworn by his glory, and by the might of his arm, I will no more give thy corn and thy provisions to thine enemies; nor shall strangers any more drink thy wine, for which thou has laboured. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zion's Salvation and New Name…7nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. 8The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. 9For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”… Cross References Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Ezekiel 34:25-27 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. / I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. / The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. Joel 2:19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. Zechariah 9:17 How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women. Psalm 105:9-11 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: / “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” Genesis 22:16-17 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. Hebrews 6:13-14 When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” Revelation 10:6 And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay! Matthew 26:29 I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.” Jeremiah 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. Psalm 89:35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— Amos 9:13-15 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. Leviticus 26:3-5 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. Treasury of Scripture The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for the which you have labored: sworn Deuteronomy 32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. Ezekiel 20:5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; surely I will no more give. Isaiah 65:21-23 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them… Leviticus 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. Deuteronomy 28:31,33 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them… Jump to Previous Alien Arm Corn Countries Drink Enemies Food Foreigners Grain Hand Haters Labored Meat Mighty New Oath Right Strange Stranger Strangers Strength Strong Surely Sworn Toiled WineJump to Next Alien Arm Corn Countries Drink Enemies Food Foreigners Grain Hand Haters Labored Meat Mighty New Oath Right Strange Stranger Strangers Strength Strong Surely Sworn Toiled WineIsaiah 62 1. The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in God's promises.6. The office of the ministers in preaching the Gospel 10. And preparing the people thereto The LORD has sworn This phrase emphasizes the solemnity and certainty of God's promise. In Hebrew, the word for "sworn" is "נִשְׁבַּע" (nishba), which conveys a binding oath. In ancient times, oaths were serious commitments, often invoking divine witnesses. Here, the LORD Himself is the guarantor, underscoring His unchanging nature and faithfulness. This assurance is a source of comfort and hope, reminding believers of God's unwavering commitment to His people. by His right hand and by His mighty arm Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have labored I will no more give thy corn . . .--The words throw us back upon the early history of Israel, subject at any time to the desolating attacks of Midianites (Judges 6:4; Judges 6:11), Assyrians (Isaiah 16:9), and Philistines (2Chronicles 28:18). The new blessing stands in special contrast with the curse of Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51. . . . Verse 8. - The Lord hath sworn. In answer to the representations of the "remembrancers," God solemnly binds himself by an oath to come to the relief of the people, to restore them to their own land, and to give them the enjoyment of its fruits in peace. By his right hand. God commonly swears "by himself" (Genesis 22:16; Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 51:14; Amos 6:5), or "by his holiness" (Psalm 89:35; Amos 4:2). Once he swears "by his great Name" (Jeremiah 44:26), and once "by the excellency of Jacob" (Amos 8:7). There is no other place in Scripture where he swears "by his right hand and arm" - emblems of his power to act. Thy corn... thy wine; i.e. the fruits of thy land. Hitherto, even when Israel was in possession of Palestine, its fruits were constantly destroyed, or carried off, by the raids of hostile neighbours. Henceforth this plundering should cease.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has sworn נִשְׁבַּ֧ע (niš·ba‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear by His right hand בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ (bî·mî·nōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south and by His mighty עֻזּ֑וֹ (‘uz·zōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might arm: וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ (ū·ḇiz·rō·w·a‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force “Never אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not again ע֤וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more will I give אֶתֵּן֩ (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set your grain דְּגָנֵ֨ךְ (də·ḡā·nêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1715: Corn, grain (of cereals) to your enemies לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ (lə·’ō·yə·ḇa·yiḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary for food, מַֽאֲכָל֙ (ma·’ă·ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3978: An eatable nor will וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not foreigners בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son drink יִשְׁתּ֤וּ (yiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe the new wine תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְ (tî·rō·wō·šêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8492: Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine for which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have toiled. יָגַ֖עַתְּ (yā·ḡa·‘at) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil Links Isaiah 62:8 NIVIsaiah 62:8 NLT Isaiah 62:8 ESV Isaiah 62:8 NASB Isaiah 62:8 KJV Isaiah 62:8 BibleApps.com Isaiah 62:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 62:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 62:8 French Bible Isaiah 62:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 62:8 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand (Isa Isi Is) |