Isaiah 24:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִבּ֧וֹק ׀ תִּבּ֛וֹק הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהִבּ֣וֹז ׀ תִּבּ֑וֹז כִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֖ר אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

Hibbōq tibbōq the-ʾāreṣ and-hibbōz tibbōz kî YHWH dibbēr ʾet-the-dābār the-zeh

Grammar Details

• *Hibbōq*: Niphal infinitive absolute - utterly emptied
• *tibbōq*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be emptied
• *ʾāreṣ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land
• *hibbōz*: Niphal infinitive absolute - utterly plundered
• *tibbōz*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be plundered
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has spoken
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *dābār*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the word/thing/matter
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular with definite article - this

Word Meanings

• *Hibbōq tibbōq*: will be utterly emptied/completely laid waste/certainly devastated
• *hibbōz tibbōz*: will be utterly plundered/completely despoiled/certainly looted
• *kî*: for/because/indeed
• *dibbēr*: has spoken/has said/has declared
• *dābār*: word/thing/matter/speech

Referenced Verses

• Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• Isa 6:11 : 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
• Isa 21:17 : 17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
• Isa 22:25 : 25 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.
• Jer 13:15 : 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
• Ezek 36:4 : 4 therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;
• Mic 4:4 : 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.
• Lev 26:30-35 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
• Deut 29:23 : 23 [ and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
• Deut 29:28 : 28 and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
• 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.