Your landאַרְצְכֶםis a desolation,שְׁמָמָהyour citiesעָרֵיכֶםburnedשְׂרֻפוֹתwith fire;אֵשׁyour ground,אַדְמַתְכֶםbefore your eyesלְנֶגְדְּכֶםstrangersזָרִיםdevourאֹכְלִיםit,אֹתָהּand it is a desolationוּשְׁמָמָהlike the overthrowכְּמַהְפֵּכַתby strangers.זָרִים
Isaiah 1:7
Study it in the app“Your land is a desolation, your cities burned with fire; your ground, before your eyes strangers devour it, and it is a desolation like the overthrow by strangers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 1:7, word by word
- Your landאַרְצְarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- is a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- your citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- burnedשְׂרֻפוֹתserufot
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serufot” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- your groundאַדְמַתְadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- before your eyesנֶגְדְּnegd
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negd” appears- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- devourאֹכְלִיםochlim
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochlim” appears- like the overthrowמַהְפֵּכַתmahpechat
overthrow
Overthrow: a destruction that leaves a place turned upside down, like Sodom.
Where else “mahpechat” appears
The context
6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wound and bruise and fresh blow; they have not been pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.