Isaiah 14:31
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
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ASV
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
KJV
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֵילִ֤ילִֽי | hei.Li.li | wail | H3213 → |
| שַׁ֙עַר֙ | sha.'ar | O gate | H8179 → |
| זַֽעֲקִי־ | za.'a.ki- | cry out | H2199 → |
| עִ֔יר | 'Ir | O city | H5892 → |
| נָמ֖וֹג | na.Mog | melt away | H4127 → |
| פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת | pe.Le.shet | O Philistia | H6429 → |
| כֻּלֵּ֑ךְ | ku.Lekh | all of you | H3605 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| מִצָּפוֹן֙ | mi.tza.fOn | from [the] north | H6828 → |
| עָשָׁ֣ן | 'a.Shan | smoke | H6227 → |
| בָּ֔א | Ba' | [is] coming | H935 → |
| וְאֵ֥ין | ve.'Ein | and there not | H369 → |
| בּוֹדֵ֖ד | bo.Ded | [is] an isolated [one] | H909 → |
| בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃ | be.mo.'a.Dav | among ranks its | H4151 → |
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