Isaiah 33:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲזֵה צִיּוֹן קִרְיַת מוֹעֲדֵנוּ עֵינֶיךָ תִרְאֶינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם נָוֶה שַׁאֲנָן אֹהֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן בַּל־יִסַּע יְתֵדֹתָיו לָנֶצַח וְכָל־חֲבָלָיו בַּל־יִנָּתֵקוּ

Transliteration

Ḥăzēh ṣiyyôn qiryat môʿădēnû ʿêneykā tirʾeynâ yərûšālaim nāweh šaʾănān ʾōhel not-yiṣʿān not-yissaʿ yətēdōtāyw to-nēṣaḥ and-all-ḥăbālāyw not-yinnātēqû

Grammar Details

*Ḥăzēh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - see/behold
*ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
*qiryat*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*môʿădēnû*: noun, masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our appointed times/festivals
*ʿêneykā*: noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*tirʾeynâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will see
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*nāweh*: noun, masculine singular - habitation
*šaʾănān*: adjective, masculine singular - quiet/secure
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular - tent
*yiṣʿān*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be moved
*yissaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be pulled up
*yətēdōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its pegs/stakes
*nēṣaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - perpetuity/eternity
*ḥăbālāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its cords
*yinnātēqû*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be broken/snapped

Word Meanings

*Ḥăzēh*: see/behold/look at
*qiryat*: city of/town of
*môʿădēnû*: our appointed times/our festivals/our assemblies
*ʿêneykā*: your eyes
*tirʾeynâ*: they will see/they will behold
*nāweh*: habitation/dwelling/abode
*šaʾănān*: quiet/tranquil/secure/at ease
*ʾōhel*: tent/tabernacle/dwelling
*yiṣʿān*: it will be moved/it will be removed
*yissaʿ*: it will be pulled up/it will be removed
*yətēdōtāyw*: its pegs/its stakes/its tent pins
*nēṣaḥ*: perpetuity/forever/eternity
*ḥăbālāyw*: its cords/its ropes
*yinnātēqû*: they will be broken/they will be torn/they will be snapped

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Referenced Verses

Ps 46:5 : 5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
Isa 54:2 : 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
Isa 37:33 : 33 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
Ezek 48:35 : 35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.
Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Rev 3:12 : 12 He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no {G3361} more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.
Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof; 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.
Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Ps 128:5 : 5 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

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