Isaiah 32:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת עַמִּ֔י ק֥וֹץ שָׁמִ֖יר תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֚י עַל־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָֽה׃

Transliteration

Upon ʾadmat ʿammî qôṣ šāmîr ʿālâ for upon-all-bāttê māśôś qiryâ ʿallîzâ.

Grammar Details

*ʾadmat*: feminine singular noun construct - ground, land
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*qôṣ*: masculine singular noun - thorn, thornbush
*šāmîr*: masculine singular noun - thorn, brier
*ʿālâ*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - will come up, sprout
*bāttê*: masculine plural noun construct - houses of
*māśôś*: masculine singular noun - joy, rejoicing
*qiryâ*: feminine singular noun - city, town
*ʿallîzâ*: adjective feminine singular - jubilant, exultant

Word Meanings

*ʾadmat*: ground of/land of/soil of
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*qôṣ*: thorn/thornbush
*šāmîr*: thorn/brier/bramble
*ʿālâ*: will come up/sprout/grow
*bāttê*: houses of/dwellings of
*māśôś*: joy/rejoicing/gladness
*qiryâ*: city/town
*ʿallîzâ*: jubilant/exultant/joyous

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Referenced Verses

Isa 22:2 : 2 O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
Isa 34:13 : 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
Hos 9:6 : 6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
Isa 7:23 : 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Rev 18:7-8 : 7 How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning. 8 Therefore {G1223} in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.
Jer 39:8 : 8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Isa 22:12-13 : 12 And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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,

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