Isaiah 25:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the fortress of the high fort of your walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל הִגִּ֥יעַ לָאָ֖רֶץ עַד־עָפָֽר׃

Transliteration

ûmibṣar miśgab ḥômōteykā hēšaḥ hišpîl higgîaʿ to-the-ʾāreṣ until-ʿāpār

Grammar Details

• *ûmibṣar*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular construct - and fortress of
• *miśgab*: noun, masculine singular construct - high refuge, stronghold
• *ḥômōteykā*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your walls
• *hēšaḥ*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has brought down
• *hišpîl*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has laid low
• *higgîaʿ*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has brought down
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth, ground
• *ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - dust

Word Meanings

• *mibṣar miśgab ḥômōteykā*: fortress of the high/lofty walls of yours
• *hēšaḥ hišpîl higgîaʿ*: triplet of verbs emphasizing complete destruction - he has brought down, laid low, cast down
• *higgîaʿ lāʾāreṣ ʿad-ʿāpār*: brought down to the earth/ground to the dust

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He will demolish the high fortress of your walls, bring it down to the ground, to the very dust.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As for his stroge holdes & hie walles: he shal buwe them, cast the downe, and sell the to the grounde in to dust.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The defence also of the height of thy walles shall he bring downe and lay lowe, and cast them to the ground, euen vnto the dust.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe, and brought them to the grounde, euen vnto dust.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The high fortress of your walls has he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused `it' to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 26:5 : 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high; the lofty city, He lays it low; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.
• Jer 51:58 : 58 Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the people shall labor in vain, and the folk shall be weary.
• Jer 51:64 : 64 And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds; 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• Heb 11:30 : 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.
• Rev 18:21 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
• Isa 13:19-22 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and owls will dwell there, and satyrs will dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
• Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 15:1 : 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.