Isaiah 5:9
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
צָבָא
tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
יָפֶה
yâpheh
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →צָבָא tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Study H6635 →Cross References
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu...
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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