Isaiah 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּאָזְנָ֖י יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אִם־לֹ֞א בָּתִּ֤ים רַבִּים֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה יִֽהְי֔וּ גְּדֹלִ֥ים וְטוֹבִ֖ים מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

Transliteration

In bəʾoznāy YHWH ṣəbāʾôt, surely if not [oath formula] bāttîm rabbîm for ləšammâ yihyû, gədōlîm and wə-ṭôbîm from mēʾên yôšēb.

Grammar Details

*bəʾoznāy*: preposition with feminine dual noun construct - in the ears of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ṣəbāʾôt*: masculine plural noun - hosts/armies
*ʾim-lōʾ*: conditional negative particle - if not [oath formula]
*bāttîm*: masculine plural noun - houses
*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
*ləšammâ*: preposition with feminine singular noun - for desolation
*yihyû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will become
*gədōlîm*: masculine plural adjective - large/great
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ṭôbîm*: masculine plural adjective - good/fine
*mēʾên*: preposition with construct particle - from there being no
*yôšēb*: qal participle masculine singular - inhabitant/dweller

Word Meanings

*ṣəbāʾôt*: hosts/armies/celestial bodies
*ləšammâ*: desolation/horror/waste
*yôšēb*: inhabitant/dweller/resident

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Referenced Verses

Matt 23:38 : 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Isa 22:14 : 14 And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Isa 27:10 : 10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Amos 6:11 : 11 For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Matt 22:7 : 7 But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
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.
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 6:11-12 : 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, 12 and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

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