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Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

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ASV

For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עִ֤יר'ira cityH5892 →
בְּצוּרָה֙be.tzu.RahfortifiedH1219 →
בָּדָ֔דba.Dad[is] aloneH910 →
נָוֶ֕הna.Veha habitationH5116 →
מְשֻׁלָּ֥חme.shu.Lach[is] desertedH7971 →
וְנֶעֱזָ֖בve.ne.'e.Zavand forsakenH5800 →
כַּמִּדְבָּ֑רka.mid.Barlike the wildernessH4057 →
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033 →
יִרְעֶ֥הyir.'Ehit will grazeH7462 →
עֵ֛גֶל'E.gela calfH5695 →
וְשָׁ֥םve.Shamand thereH8033 →
יִרְבָּ֖ץyir.Batzit will lie downH7257 →
וְכִלָּ֥הve.khi.Lahand it will bring to an endH3615 →
סְעִפֶֽיהָ׃se.'i.Fei.habranches itsH5585 →

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Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.Jeremiah 22:6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.Isaiah 17:9In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”Isaiah 32:13–14and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Jeremiah 52:27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—Isaiah 7:25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.Isaiah 25:2Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.Luke 21:20–24But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.Lamentations 5:18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

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