Isaiah 32:13

King James 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 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
Isa 34:13 : 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Hos 9:6 : 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Isa 7:23 : 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even 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 she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth 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 GOD 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 barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; 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 the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

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