Isaiah 14:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָכִ֧ינוּ לְבָנָ֛יו מַטְבֵּ֖חַ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן אֲבוֹתָ֑ם בַּל־יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים׃

Transliteration

hāḵînû for-ḇānāyw maṭbēaḥ in-ʿăwōn ʾăḇôtām; bal-yāqumû and-yārǝšû ʾāreṣ and-mālǝʾû p̄ǝnê-tēḇēl ʿārîm.

Grammar Details

*hāḵînû*: hiphil imperative, 2nd masculine plural - prepare
*ḇānāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
*maṭbēaḥ*: masculine singular noun - slaughter/slaughtering place
*ʿăwōn*: masculine singular construct - iniquity of
*ʾăḇôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers
*bal*: negative particle - not
*yāqumû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will arise
*yārǝšû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will possess/inherit
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*mālǝʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will fill
*p̄ǝnê*: masculine plural construct - face/surface of
*tēḇēl*: feminine singular noun - world/inhabited earth
*ʿārîm*: feminine plural noun - cities

Word Meanings

*hāḵînû*: prepare/make ready/establish
*maṭbēaḥ*: slaughter/slaughtering place/place of killing
*ʿăwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity
*bal*: not/never/by no means
*yāqumû*: they will arise/they will stand/they will rise up
*yārǝšû*: they will possess/they will inherit/they will take possession
*mālǝʾû*: they will fill/they will cover/they will be full

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Lev 26:39 : 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Matt 23:35 : 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
Hab 2:8-9 : 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!

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