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Isaiah 61:4

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

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ASV

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

KJV

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבָנוּ֙u.va.Nuand they will rebuildH1129 →
חָרְב֣וֹתcha.re.Vot[the] ruins ofH2723 →
עוֹלָ֔םo.LamantiquityH5769 →
שֹׁמְמ֥וֹתsho.me.Mot[the] desolate [places]H8074 →
רִֽאשֹׁנִ֖יםri.sho.NimformerH7223 →
יְקוֹמֵ֑מוּye.ko.Me.muthey will raise upH6965 →
וְחִדְּשׁוּ֙ve.chi.de.Shuand they will renewH2318 →
עָ֣רֵי'A.rei[the] cities ofH5892 →
חֹ֔רֶבCho.revdevastationH2721 →
שֹׁמְמ֖וֹתsho.me.Mot[the] desolate [places] ofH8074 →
דּ֥וֹרDora generationH1755 →
וָדֽוֹר׃va.Dorand a generationH1755 →

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Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.Amos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.Amos 9:14I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.Ezekiel 36:33–36This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,Psalms 46:8Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.Ezekiel 36:23–26I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.Isaiah 49:6–8He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,Isaiah 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.Jeremiah 3:16“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.Ezekiel 36:10I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.Psalms 74:3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.Song of Solomon 8:9If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.Nehemiah 2:6Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.Isaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

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About Isaiah

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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