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Your holyקָדְשְׁךָcitiesעָרֵיhave becomeהָיוּa wilderness;מִדְבָּרZionצִיּוֹןhas becomeהָיָתָהa wilderness,מִדְבָּרJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםa desolation.שְׁמָמָה
Isaiah 64:10
Study it in the app“Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 64:10, word by word
- Your holyקָדְשְׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- a wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears
Places in this verse
1Zion
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).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
9Do not be angry, YHWH, to the extreme, and do not remember iniquity forever; look, look, please; all of us are your people.
10 · This verse (above)
11The house of our holiness and of our beauty, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our desirable things have become a ruin.