Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.This verse 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