The Meaning of Isaiah 31:6 Explained

Isaiah 31:6

KJV: Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

YLT: Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.

Darby: Turn unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, ye children of Israel;

ASV: Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Turn  ye unto [him from] whom the children  of Israel  have deeply  revolted. 

What does Isaiah 31:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Many Israelites had been seriously unfaithful to the Lord, and Isaiah appealed to those of them in Judah to return to Him with their heart, not just because he had announced coming judgment.

Context Summary

Isaiah 31:1-9 - A Nobler Future For The Nation
Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the help of their fathers' God. Yet was He not so wise as the Egyptians, and equally as strong! And were they not running a fearful risk in rejecting One who would not recall His words of threatened punishment to those who refused His help? At best, the Egyptians were men, and not God, and their cavalry, flesh. If only they would trust Him, God would defy their foes, as a lion defies a company of unarmed shepherds, Isaiah 31:4. The mother-bird hovers over her brood to protect it from the kestrel; so would He spread His covering wing over Jerusalem, Isaiah 31:5. We may have deeply revolted, yet we may turn back to God with the certainty that He will receive and rescue us, Isaiah 31:6.
Sennacherib fell by the sword of his sons. Compare Isaiah 32:8 with 2 Kings 19:36-37. How different is our glorious King, whose many-sided nature meets all our needs! Isaiah 32:2. Before Him all men are unveiled in their true characters. Only those who are royal in heart shall stand before Him, Isaiah 31:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 31

1  The prophet shows the folly and danger of trusting Egypt, and forsaking God
6  He exhorts to conversion
8  He shows the fall of Assyria

What do the individual words in Isaiah 31:6 mean?

Return [to [Him] against whom have deeply revolted the sons of Israel
שׁ֗וּבוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ סָרָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

שׁ֗וּבוּ  Return 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר  [to  [Him]  against  whom 
Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ  have  deeply 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָמַק  
Sense: to be deep, be profound, make deep.
סָרָ֖ה  revolted 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סָרָה 
Sense: apostasy, defection, turning aside, withdrawal.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.