Isaiah 29:5

“And the multitude of your strangers will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the tyrants like chaff that passes away; and it will happen in an instant, suddenly.”

Isaiah 29:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 29:5, word by word

And the multitudeהֲמוֹןhamon

multitude

Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.

Where else “hamon” appears
of your strangersזָרָיִzarayi

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

Where else “zarayi” appears
will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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like fineדַּקdak

fine

Reduced to loose tiny grains, without weight.

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dustאָבָקavak

fine dust

Very fine dust.

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of the tyrantsעָרִיצִיםaritsim

ruthless, tyrant

A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.

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like chaffמֹץmots

chaff

Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.

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that passes awayעֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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in an instantפֶתַעfeta

instant, suddenly

Instant, moment; used to say "suddenly."

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suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom

suddenly

Suddenly, in an instant.

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The context

4And you will be brought low; from the earth you will speak, and from the dust your saying will come low; and your voice will be like a spirit of the dead from the earth, and from the dust your saying will whisper.

5 · This verse (above)

6From YHWH Tsevaot she will be visited with thunder and with earthquake and a great noise, whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.

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