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And they will be gatheredוְאֻסְּפוּin a gatheringאֲסֵפָהas prisonersאַסִּירin the pit,עַל בּוֹרand they will be shut upוְסֻגְּרוּin the prison,עַל מַסְגֵּרand after manyוּמֵרֹבdaysיָמִיםthey will be visited.יִפָּקֵדוּ
Isaiah 24:22
Study it in the app“And they will be gathered in a gathering as prisoners in the pit, and they will be shut up in the prison, and after many days they will be visited.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 24:22, word by word
- And they will be gatheredאֻסְּפוּusfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “usfu” appears- in a gatheringאֲסֵפָהasefa
gathering
A gathering, bringing many together in one place.
Where else “asefa” appears- as prisonersאַסִּירasir
prisoner
Prisoner, captive; one who is chained or shut in.
Where else “asir” appears- in the pitבּוֹרbor
dungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appears- and they will be shut upסֻגְּרוּsugru
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sugru” appears- in the prisonמַסְגֵּרmasger
prison
A closed place where someone is held prisoner.
Where else “masger” appears- and after manyרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- they will be visitedיִפָּקֵדוּyipakedu
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “yipakedu” appears
Translation note
“They will be visited” may mean “they will be punished” or “they will be called to account”; it is the same verb as in 24:21.
The context
21And it will happen, on that day, that YHWH will punish the army of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground.
22 · This verse (above)
23And the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed, for YHWH Tsevaot will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders there will be glory.