Isaiah 25:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל הִגִּ֥יעַ לָאָ֖רֶץ עַד־עָפָֽר׃

Transliteration

ûmibṣar miśgab ḥômōteykā hēšaḥ hišpîl higgîaʿ to-the-ʾāreṣ until-ʿāpār

Grammar Details

*ûmibṣar*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular construct - and fortress of
*miśgab*: noun, masculine singular construct - high refuge, stronghold
*ḥômōteykā*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your walls
*hēšaḥ*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has brought down
*hišpîl*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has laid low
*higgîaʿ*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has brought down
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth, ground
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - dust

Word Meanings

*mibṣar miśgab ḥômōteykā*: fortress of the high/lofty walls of yours
*hēšaḥ hišpîl higgîaʿ*: triplet of verbs emphasizing complete destruction - he has brought down, laid low, cast down
*higgîaʿ lāʾāreṣ ʿad-ʿāpār*: brought down to the earth/ground to the dust

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:5 : 5 For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
Jer 51:64 : 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Heb 11:30 : 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.
Rev 18:21 : 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.
Isa 13:19-22 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. 22 And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Isa 15:1 : 1 The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nought.

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