Sinnersחַטָּאִיםin Zionבְצִיּוֹןare in dread;פָּחֲדוּtremblingרְעָדָהhas seizedאָחֲזָהthe godless:חֲנֵפִים“Whoמִיamong usלָנוּcan resideיָגוּרwith the devouringאוֹכֵלָהfire?אֵשׁWhoמִיamong usלָנוּcan resideיָגוּרwith eternalעוֹלָםburnings?”מוֹקְדֵי
Isaiah 33:14
Study it in the app“Sinners in Zion are in dread; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can reside with the devouring fire? Who among us can reside with eternal burnings?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 33:14, word by word
- Sinnersחַטָּאִיםchataim
sinner
Sinner: one who habitually fails God; also one counted guilty.
Where else “chataim” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- are in dreadפָּחֲדוּpachadu
dread
To tremble with fear before something that threatens.
Where else “pachadu” appears- tremblingרְעָדָהreada
trembling
Trembling.
Where else “reada” appears- has seizedאָחֲזָהachaza
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achaza” appears- the godlessחֲנֵפִיםchanefim
godless, profane
Godless: one who lives without regard for God; defiled, profane.
Where else “chanefim” appears- can resideיָגוּרyagur
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “yagur” appears- with the devouringאוֹכֵלָהochela
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochela” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- with eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- burningsמוֹקְדֵיmokde
burning, hearth
A burning, a hearth where the fire burns; also what is burned on it.
Where else “mokde” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and know, you who are near, my might.”
14 · This verse (above)
15He who walks in righteous deeds and speaks uprightly, who rejects the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding a bribe, who stops his ear from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,