Isaiah 30:13

“therefore this iniquity will be to you like a breach about to fall, bulging out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.”

Isaiah 30:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 30:13, word by word

this iniquityעָוֺןavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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will beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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like a breachפֶרֶץferets

breach

Breach, opening made by breaking through.

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about to fallנֹפֵלnofel

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

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bulging outנִבְעֶהnive

boil

To make something boil, or swell and bulge, like a wall about to fall.

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in a highנִשְׂגָּבָהnisgava

set on high

To set safely above, out of danger.

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wallחוֹמָהchoma

wall

Wall, city wall.

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breakingשִׁבְרָshivra

fracture

When a bone or a pot gives way.

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comesיָבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom

suddenly

Suddenly, in an instant.

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in an instantפֶתַעfeta

instant, suddenly

Instant, moment; used to say "suddenly."

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The context

12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you reject this word and trust in oppression and crookedness and lean on it,

13 · This verse (above)

14And he will break it as one breaks a potters’ jar, crushed without sparing, and there will not be found among its fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water from the pool.”

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