Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.Isaiah 1:7 in the real world
In what words
- מַהְפֵּכָהmahpêkâha destruction
- שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâhdevastation; figuratively, astonishment
- זוּרzûwrto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specific
- שָׂרַףsâraphto be (causatively, set) on fire
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- אֵשׁʼêshfire (literally or figuratively)
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lam 5:2, Deu 28:33, Deu 28:43, Ezk 30:12, Hos 7:9, 2Ch 28:5, 2Ch 28:16–21, Deu 28:48–52