Isaiah 33:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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{H8735)}: God shall help{H8799)} her, and that right{H8800)} early.
Isa 54:2 : 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Isa 32:18 : 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isa 37:33 : 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which the LORD 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 was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Rev 3:12 : 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about{H8798)} Zion, and go round about{H8685)} her: tell{H8798)} the towers thereof. 13 Mark{H8798)} ye well her bulwarks, consider{H8761)} her palaces; that ye may tell{H8762)} it to the generation following.
Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}. 69 And he built{H8799)} his sanctuary like high{H8802)} palaces, like the earth which he hath established{H8804)} for ever.
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Ps 128:5 : 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

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