Isaiah 8:9
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָזַרʼâzarto belt
- מֶרְחָקmerchâqremoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
- כֹּלkôlproperly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural
- אָזַןʼâzanto broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
- חָתַתchâthathproperly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figurati
- רָעַעrâʻaʻproperly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good
- עַםʻama people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (colle
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 14:5–6, 1Ki 20:11, Pro 11:21, Psa 37:14–15, Isa 7:1–2, Jol 3:9–14, Isa 17:12–13, Isa 54:15