Isaiah 27:8

Isaiah 27:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8By warfare and exile you contend with her—

with his fierce blast he drives her out,

as on a day the east wind blows.

8You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away.

With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

8You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan];

He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.

8By warfare and exile You contended with her

and removed her with a fierce wind,

as on the day the east wind blows.

8In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

8In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

8In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

8The Lord will use war to punish Israel.

He will make them leave their land.

With a strong blast of his anger he will drive them out.

It will be as if the east wind were blowing.

8But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east.

8In measure, in sending it forth, you strive with it, || He has taken away by His sharp wind, || In the day of an east wind,