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Isaiah 64:10

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Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.	Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.	Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thy holy^H6944 cities^H5892 are a wilderness^H4057, Zion^H6726 is a wilderness^H4057, Jerusalem^H3389 a desolation^H8077.

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Original Hebrew

בֵּית קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הִלְלוּךָ אֲבֹתֵינוּ הָיָה לִשְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁ וְכָל־מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ הָיָה לְחָרְבָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בֵּ֧ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
קָדְשֵׁ֣/נוּ	ka.de.She./nu	H6944	HNcmsc/Sp1cp	holiness/ our
וְ/תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗/נוּ	ve./tif.'ar.Te./nu	H8597	HC/Ncfsc/Sp1cp	and/ splendor/ our
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	where
הִֽלְל֨וּ/ךָ֙	hi.Lu./kha	H1984	HVpp3cp/Sp2ms	they praised/ you
אֲבֹתֵ֔י/נוּ	'a.vo.Tei./nu	H1	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	ancestors/ our
הָיָ֖ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it has become
לִ/שְׂרֵ֣פַת	li/s.Re.fat	H8316	HR/Ncfsc	(into)/ a burning of
אֵ֑שׁ	'Esh	H784	HNcbsa	fire
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ all
מַחֲמַדֵּ֖י/נוּ	ma.cha.ma.Dei./nu	H4261	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	pleasant things/ our
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it has become
לְ/חָרְבָּֽה	le./cha.re.Bah	H2723	HR/Ncfsa	(into)/ a ruin

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6726 — צִיּוֹן (Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'): the same (regularly) as צִיּוּןlemma צִיוּן missing dagesh, corrected to צִיּוּן; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem; Zion.
• H6944 — קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, ko'-desh): from קָדַשׁ; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity; consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
• H8077 — שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh, shem-aw-maw'): or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of שָׁמֵם; devastation; figuratively, astonishment; (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H1984 — הָלַל (hâlal, haw-lal'): a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify; (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
• H2723 — חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh, khor-baw'): feminine of חֹרֶב; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation; decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4261 — מַחְמָד (machmâd, makh-mawd'): from חָמַד; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire; beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).
• H8316 — שְׂרֵפָה (sᵉrêphâh, ser-ay-faw'): from שָׂרַף; cremation; burning.
• H8597 — תִּפְאָרָה (tiphʼârâh, tif-aw-raw'): or תִּפְאֶרֶת; from פָּאַר; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively); beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (22): Leviticus 26:32, Nehemiah 1:3, Psalms 74:3, Psalms 79:7, Isaiah 14:17, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 48:2, Isaiah 49:21, Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 44:2, Jeremiah 52:13, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:7, Ezekiel 5:14, Ezekiel 6:6, Ezekiel 12:20, Ezekiel 36:4, Hosea 2:3, Matthew 23:38, Luke 13:35, Luke 21:6

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: AFFLICTION, PRAYER UNDER
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, INTERCESSION

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