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In my earsבְּאָזְנָיsaid YHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתSurelyאִם לֹאmanyרַבִּיםhousesבָּתִּיםwill becomeיִהְיוּa desolation,לְשַׁמָּהgreatגְּדֹלִיםand fine,וְטוֹבִיםwithoutמֵאֵיןinhabitant.יוֹשֵׁב
Isaiah 5:9
Study it in the app“In my ears said YHWH Tsevaot: Surely many houses will become a desolation, great and fine, without inhabitant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 5:9, word by word
- In my earsאָזְנָazna
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azna” appears- said YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- will becomeיִהְיוּyihyu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appears- a desolationשַׁמָּהshama
desolation
A destroyed land or city.
Where else “shama” appears- greatגְּדֹלִיםgedolim
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appears- and fineטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears
The context
8Woe to those who join house to house, field to field they bring near, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 · This verse (above)
10For ten acres of vineyard will yield one bath, and a homer of seed will yield an ephah.