Isaiah 32:13

“on the ground of my people thornbushes and briers come up; yes, on all the houses of joy, the exultant town.”

Isaiah 32:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 32:13, word by word

on the groundאַדְמַתadmat

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “admat” appears
of my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
thornbushes andקוֹץkots

thorn

Thorn, thornbush.

Where else “kots” appears
briersשָׁמִירshamir

brier

Thorny plants on abandoned land.

Where else “shamir” appears
come upתַּעֲלֶהtaale

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

Where else “taale” appears
the housesבָּתֵּיbate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bate” appears
of joyמָשׂוֹשׂmasos

joy, delight

Joy, delight; also what causes it.

Where else “masos” appears
the exultantעַלִּיזָהaliza

exultant, jubilant

Exultant, full of joy; also noisy with merrymaking.

Where else “aliza” appears
townקִרְיָהkirya

town, city

Town: a poetic way of saying "city."

Where else “kirya” appears

The context

12On the breasts they beat themselves in lament, for the fields of delight, for the fruitful vine,

13 · This verse (above)

14For the palace is forsaken, the tumult of the city deserted; the Ophel and the watchtower have become caves forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

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