Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.Isaiah 30:6 in the real world
In what words
- דַּבֶּשֶׁתdabbeshetha sticky mass, i.e. the hump of acamel
- אֶפְעֶהʼephʻehan asp or other venomous serpent
- לַיִשׁlayisha lion (from his destructive blows)
- צוֹקtsôwqa strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress
- עַיִרʻayirproperly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
- שָׂרָףsârâphburning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical cre
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼto roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- עוּףʻûwphto fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 8:15, Isa 46:1–2, Deu 4:20, Jer 11:4, Hos 8:9–10, 1Ki 10:2, Jer 2:6, Isa 57:9