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Isaiah 32:14

For 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—

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ASV

For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

KJV

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אַרְמ֣וֹן'ar.Mon[the] palaceH759 →
נֻטָּ֔שׁnu.Tashit will be forsakenH5203 →
הֲמ֥וֹןha.Mon[the] tumult ofH1995 →
עִ֖יר'ir[the] cityH5892 →
עֻזָּ֑ב'u.Zavit will be abandonedH5800 →
עֹ֣פֶל'O.fel[the] hillH6076 →
וָבַ֜חַןva.Va.chanand [the] watchtowerH975 →
הָיָ֨הha.Yahit will becomeH1961 →
בְעַ֤דve.'AdbehindH1157 →
מְעָרוֹת֙me.'a.rOtcavesH4631 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֔םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
מְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.Sosa joy ofH4885 →
פְּרָאִ֖יםpe.ra.'Imwild donkeysH6501 →
מִרְעֵ֥הmir.'Eha pasture ofH4829 →
עֲדָרִֽים׃'a.da.RimflocksH5739 →

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Isaiah 27:10For 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.Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.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.Isaiah 24:12The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.Jeremiah 6:5Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”Zephaniah 1:16a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Isaiah 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.Isaiah 13:19–22And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,Isaiah 24:1–3Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Revelation 18:2–3And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Isaiah 34:11–17The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.Isaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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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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