Isaiah 1:7

“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.”

Isaiah 1:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 1:7, word by word

Your landאַרְצְarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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is a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

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your citiesעָרֵיare

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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burnedשְׂרֻפוֹתserufot

burn

Burn; bake in the fire.

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with fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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your groundאַדְמַתְadmat

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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before your eyesנֶגְדְּnegd

in front of

In someone's presence, before his eyes.

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strangersזָרִיםzarim

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

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devourאֹכְלִיםochlim

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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like the overthrowמַהְפֵּכַתmahpechat

overthrow

Overthrow: a destruction that leaves a place turned upside down, like Sodom.

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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.

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