Isaiah 34:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קִרְב֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּ תִּשְׁמַ֤ע הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ תֵּבֵ֖ל וְכָל־צֶאֱצָאֶֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

qirbû gôyim lišmōʿa ûlʾummîm haqšîbû tišmaʿ hāʾāreṣ ûmĕlōʾāh tēbēl wĕkāl-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhā

Grammar Details

• *qirbû*: imperative, plural - draw near/approach
• *gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations/gentiles
• *lišmōʿa*: preposition + infinitive construct - to hear
• *ûlʾummîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and peoples/nations
• *haqšîbû*: imperative, plural - give attention/listen
• *tišmaʿ*: imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will hear/let hear
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the earth/land
• *ûmĕlōʾāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and its fullness
• *tēbēl*: feminine singular noun - world/inhabited earth
• *wĕkāl*: conjunction + construct form - and all of
• *ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - its offspring/produce

Word Meanings

• *qirbû*: draw near/approach/come near
• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *lišmōʿa*: to hear/to listen/to obey
• *ûlʾummîm*: and peoples/and nations/and tribes
• *haqšîbû*: pay attention/listen carefully/give ear
• *tišmaʿ*: let hear/will hear/should hear
• *hāʾāreṣ*: the earth/the land/the ground
• *mĕlōʾāh*: its fullness/that which fills it/its contents
• *tēbēl*: world/inhabited part of earth/dwelling place
• *ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhā*: its offspring/its produce/that which comes from it

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:1 : 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
• Isa 43:9 : 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
• Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isa 18:3 : 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
• Isa 33:13 : 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
• Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Judg 5:3 : 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
• Ps 49:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear{H8798)} this, all ye people; give ear{H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H8802)} of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• Ps 50:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken{H8765)}, and called{H8799)} the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
• Ps 96:10 : 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
• Mic 6:1-2 : 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• 1 Cor 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
• Rev 2:7 : 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.