Isaiah 5:6

“And I will make it a waste; it will not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns will come up; and the clouds I will command not to rain rain on it.”

Isaiah 5:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 5:6, word by word

And I will make itאֲשִׁיתֵashite

make

To turn someone into something.

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a wasteבָתָהvata

desolation

Desolation, a waste.

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be prunedיִזָּמֵרyizamer

prune

Prune: cut back the branches of the vine so that it bears more fruit.

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hoedיֵעָדֵרyeader

hoe

To hoe the vineyard.

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and briersשָׁמִירshamir

brier

Thorny plants on abandoned land.

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and thornsשָׁיִתshayit

thornbush, brush

Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.

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will come upעָלָהala

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

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and the cloudsעָבִיםavim

thick cloud

A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.

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I will commandאֲצַוֶּהatsave

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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not to rainהַמְטִירhamtir

rain

Send rain, make it rain.

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rainמָטָרmatar

rain

Rain.

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The context

5And now let me tell you what I am doing to my vineyard: removing its hedge, and it will be for consuming; breaking down its wall, and it will be for trampling.

6 · This verse (above)

7For the vineyard of YHWH Tsevaot is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the planting of his delight; and he waited for justice, but look, bloodshed; for righteousness, but look, an outcry.

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