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Isaiah 29:4

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

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ASV

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

KJV

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ve.sha.falTand you will become lowH8213 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] groundH776 →
תְּדַבֵּ֔רִיte.da.Be.riyou will speakH1696 →
וּמֵֽעָפָ֖רu.me.'a.Farand from [the] dustH6083 →
תִּשַּׁ֣חti.Shachit will be humbledH7817 →
אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ'im.ra.Tekhutterance yourH565 →
וְֽ֠הָיָהVe.ha.yahand it will beH1961 →
כְּא֤וֹבke.'ovlike a necromancerH178 →
מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙me.'E.retzfrom [the] groundH776 →
קוֹלֵ֔ךְko.Lekhvoice yourH6963 →
וּמֵעָפָ֖רu.me.'a.Farand from [the] dustH6083 →
אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ'im.ra.Tekhutterance yourH565 →
תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃te.tzaf.Tzefit will whisperH6850 →

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Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?Genesis 3:14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.Leviticus 19:31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.Isaiah 51:23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”Isaiah 2:11–21The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!Jeremiah 46:22Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.Isaiah 52:2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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