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Look,הִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהis emptyingבּוֹקֵקthe earthהָאָרֶץand laying it waste;וּבוֹלְקָהּand he distortsוְעִוָּהits surfaceפָנֶיהָand scattersוְהֵפִיץits inhabitants.יֹשְׁבֶיהָ
Isaiah 24:1
Study it in the app“Look, YHWH is emptying the earth and laying it waste; and he distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:1, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- is emptyingבּוֹקֵקbokek
empty
To leave with nothing; lay a land waste.
Where else “bokek” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and laying it wasteבוֹלְקָvolka
lay waste
To lay waste, to empty something completely.
Where else “volka” appears- and he distortsעִוָּהiva
bend
To bend what is right, or be bowed down.
Where else “iva” appears- its surfaceפָנֶיfane
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “fane” appears- and scattersהֵפִיץhefits
scatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “hefits” appears- its inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it will be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the female slave, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the one who owes him.