The Meaning of Isaiah 59:5 Explained

Isaiah 59:5

KJV: They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

YLT: Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.

Darby: They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

ASV: They hatch adders eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 59:5?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 59:5 mean?

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What is the context of Isaiah 59:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

What does Isaiah 59:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 59:1-15 - Iniquities Separate From God

Israel's sins, Isaiah 59:1-8. Much of our suffering in life results from our sins, which cut off God's health and help. Let us not blame Providence, but set ourselves to discover the cause of controversy. When the law courts-the fountains of justice-are demoralized, the community is in a hopeless condition, Isaiah 59:3-4. Instead of stamping out evil in the egg, the sinful heart hatches it out, and it yields the poison of vipers, Isaiah 59:5. Ah, the hapless state of the ungodly! Their feet, and their thoughts, and their paths, are fatal to the peace of others and to their own. The way of peace can be entered only at the Cross, and maintained only by constant watchfulness. See Luke 1:79.

Israel's confession, Isaiah 59:9-15. Here the stricken people pour out their complaint before God, confessing, first, the bitterness of their sufferings and then the blackness of their sins. The roar of the hungry bear for food and the dove's mourning for her mate, Isaiah 59:11, are apt descriptions of the complaint of the penitent soul. It is a good sign when a man cannot lift up his eyes to heaven and beats upon his breast, Luke 18:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 59

¹ Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins
¹⁶ Salvation is only of God
²⁰ The covenant of the Redeemer

What do the individual words in Isaiah 59:5 mean?

Eggs vipers' they hatch and the web of spider weave He who eats of their eggs dies and [from] that which is crushed breaks out a viper

בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה

בֵּיצֵ֤י	Eggs
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: בֵּיצָה Sense: egg.
צִפְעוֹנִי֙	vipers'
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: צֶפַע Sense: poisonous serpent.
בִּקֵּ֔עוּ	they hatch
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural Root: בָּקַע Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
וְקוּרֵ֥י	and the web
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: קוּר Sense: thread, film, web.
עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ	of spider
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עַכָּבִישׁ Sense: spider.
יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ	weave
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָרַג Sense: to weave.
הָאֹכֵ֤ל	He who eats
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙	of their eggs
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: בֵּיצָה Sense: egg.
יָמ֔וּת	dies
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה	and [from] that which is crushed
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular Root: זוּר Sense: a thing that is crushed.
תִּבָּקַ֥ע	breaks out
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: בָּקַע Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
אֶפְעֶֽה	a viper
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶפְעֶה Sense: a viper, snake.

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