Isaiah 32:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָשַׁ֥ב עַמִּ֖י בִּנְוֵ֣ה שָׁל֑וֹם וּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙ מִבְטַחִ֔ים וּבִמְנוּחֹ֖ת שַׁאֲנַנּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-yāšab ʿammî in-nāwê šālôm and-in-miškənôt mibṭaḥîm and-in-mənûḥôt šaʾănannôt.

Grammar Details

• *yāšab*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - then will dwell
• *ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *nāwê*: masculine singular construct - habitation, abode
• *šālôm*: masculine singular noun - peace, completeness
• *miškənôt*: feminine plural noun - dwellings, tabernacles
• *mibṭaḥîm*: masculine plural noun - secure places, security
• *mənûḥôt*: feminine plural noun - resting places
• *šaʾănannôt*: adjective feminine plural - quiet, at ease

Word Meanings

• *yāšab*: to dwell/sit/remain
• *ʿammî*: my people/my nation
• *nāwê*: habitation of/abode of/dwelling place of
• *šālôm*: peace/completeness/welfare
• *miškənôt*: dwellings/tabernacles/tents
• *mibṭaḥîm*: secure places/security/confidence
• *mənûḥôt*: resting places/quiet places
• *šaʾănannôt*: quiet/at ease/peaceful

Referenced Verses

• Hos 2:18-23 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
• Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
• Isa 60:17-18 : 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
• Ezek 34:25-26 : 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Jer 33:16 : 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
• Isa 33:20-22 : 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
• Isa 35:9-9 : 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Heb 4:9 : 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
• 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.