Isaiah 17:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וְנִשְׁבַּ֤תand it will cease

  venishbatH7673 →71 times

• מִבְצָר֙fortress

  mivtzarH4013 →37 times

• מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםfrom Ephraim

  meefrayimH669 →180 times

• וּמַמְלָכָ֥הand kingship

  umamlakhahH4467 →117 times

• מִדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקfrom Damascus

  midamesekH1834 →45 times

• וּשְׁאָ֣רand [the] remnant of

  ushearH7605 →26 times

• אֲרָ֑םAram

  ʾaramH758 →143 times

• כִּכְב֤וֹדlike [the] glory of

  kikhvodH3519 →200 times

• בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

  benei-H1121 →4930 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• יִֽהְי֔וּthey will be

  yihyuH1961 →3559 times

• נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of

  neumH5002 →376 times

• יְהוָ֥הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• צְבָאֽוֹת׃ סof hosts

  tzevaotH6635 →485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Isaiah 7:16

  For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 8:4

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Deuteronomy 1:39

    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

• Through

  Isaiah 7:8

  For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 17:1–3

    This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Isaiah 8:4

  For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

  it leads to

  • Romans 9:11

    Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

  • 2 Kings 17:5–6

    Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

• Through

  Hosea 9:11

  Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 28:18

    The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • Hosea 9:14

    Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

  • Hosea 10:5

    The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…