Study it in the app“And Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man; and a sword, not of a human being, will devour him; and he will flee from before the sword, and his young men will be for forced labor.”
And Assyriaוְ אַשּׁוּרwill fallנָפַלby a sword,בְּחֶרֶבnotלֹאof a man;אִישׁand a sword,וְחֶרֶבnotלֹאof a human being,אָדָםwill devour him;תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּand he will fleeוְנָס לוֹfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe sword,חֶרֶבand his young menוּבַחוּרָיוwill beיִהְיוּfor forced labor.לָמַס
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “nafal” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochale” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsyoung man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “vachuray” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsforced labor
Forced labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “mas” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
7For on that day they will reject, each one, his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you, a sin.
8 · This verse (above)
9And his crag will pass away because of terror, and his princes will be dismayed at the banner, declares YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
