Isaiah 33:4
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
שׁוּט
shûwṭ
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
אַרְבֶּה
ʼarbeh
a locust (from its rapid increase)
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
Key Terms in This Verse
שׁוּט shûwṭ
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
Study H7751 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →Cross References
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselve...
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his h...
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