KJV King James Version
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
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Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
WEB World English Bible
But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
ASV American Standard Version
But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 63
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?
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וְהֵ֛מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)מָר֥וּH4784 · ma.rahto rebelוְעִצְּב֖וּH6087 · a.tsavto hurtאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]ר֣וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritקָדְשׁ֑וֹH6944 · qo.deshholinessוַיֵּהָפֵ֥ךְH2015 · ha.phakhto overturnלָהֶ֛םH9038 · hemthemלְאוֹיֵ֖בH341 · o.yevenemyה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itנִלְחַם־H3898 · la.chamto fightבָּֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Psalm 78:56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:Psalm 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!Jeremiah 21:5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.Nehemiah 9:16-17But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,Psalm 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.Psalm 78:8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.Nehemiah 9:29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.Exodus 23:21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him.Deuteronomy 32:19-25And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.Ezekiel 2:7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they [are] most rebellious.Exodus 15:24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?Exodus 16:8And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.Ezekiel 20:21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
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