Isaiah 5:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In mine ears said the LORD 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 it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isa 27:10 : 10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.
Amos 6:11 : 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
2 Chr 36:21 : 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
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 6:11-12 : 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, 12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

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