Isaiah 34:17 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 34:17

He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

BSB

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ASV

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

KJV

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

And he has cast the lot for them, distributing to each suitable places to stay: heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away (Luke 21:33). Or, if this is explained as concerning Judea, these various monsters are understood to be …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And he hath cast the lot for them - He hath assigned to them the land of Edom to be occupied by them as their portion. This language is taken from the fact that countries were commonly apportioned, particularly among conquerors, by the lot. In this way Judea was divided among the tribes of Israel Num 26:55-56. His hand hath divided it unto them by line - He has marked out, as a surveyor does, the land of Edom as the dwelling-place of the beasts of the forest.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֽוּא־	ve.hu'-	and he	H1931 →
הִפִּ֤יל	hi.Pil	he has cast	H5307 →
לָהֶן֙	la.Hen	for them
גּוֹרָ֔ל	go.Ral	a lot	H1486 →
וְיָד֛וֹ	ve.ya.Do	and hand his	H3027 →
חִלְּקַ֥תָּה	chi.le.Ka.tah	it has distributed it	H2505 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	to them
בַּקָּ֑ו	ba.Kav	by the measuring-line	H6957 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
עוֹלָם֙	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ	yi.ra.Shu.ha	they will possess it	H3423 →
לְד֥וֹר	le.Dor	to a generation	H1755 →
וָד֖וֹר	va.Dor	and a generation	H1755 →
יִשְׁכְּנוּ־	yish.ke.nu-	they will dwell	H7931 →
בָֽהּ׃ ס	Vah	in it

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:7–8
  Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Genesis 3:20
  And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
- Malachi 2:10
  Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Romans 5:12–19
  Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22
  For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Through
Isaiah 34:10
It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
leads to
- Revelation 19:3
  And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- Isaiah 66:24
  “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a…
Through
Isaiah 17:14
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…

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

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