Focused Passage

Isaiah 24:7-13

The Whole Earth Laid Waste, the Everlasting Covenant Broken, and the LORD Reigning on Mount Zion

The chapter moves from the LORD emptying and ravaging the earth, to the leveling of all social ranks, to the earth’s defilement because of broken covenant, to the curse devouring the land, to the collapse of wine, music, city, and joy, to a remnant-like sound of praise from the ends of the earth, to the prophet’s anguish over treachery, to inescapable terror, pit, and snare, to cosmic shaking, to the punishment of heavenly hosts and earthly kings, and finally to the LORD reigning gloriously on Mount Zion.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

9They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

11In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

12The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

13So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

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References and Original Words

Verse 7

Original words

The new wineתִּיר֖וֹשׁH8492Noun - masculine singulardries upאָבַ֥לH56Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe vineגָ֑פֶןH1612Noun - common singularwithersאֻמְלְלָה־H535Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singularAllכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe merrymakersשִׂמְחֵי־H8056Adjective - masculine plural construct. . .לֵֽב׃H3820Noun - masculine singularnow groanנֶאֶנְח֖וּH584Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Verse 8

Original words

The joyfulמְשׂ֣וֹשׂH4885Noun - masculine singular constructtambourinesתֻּפִּ֔יםH8596Noun - masculine pluralhave ceasedשָׁבַת֙H7673Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe noiseשְׁא֣וֹןH7588Noun - masculine singular constructof revelersעַלִּיזִ֑יםH5947Adjective - masculine pluralhas stoppedחָדַ֖לH2308Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe joyfulמְשׂ֥וֹשׂH4885Noun - masculine singular constructharpכִּנּֽוֹר׃H3658Noun - masculine singularis silentשָׁבַ֖תH7673Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 9

Original words

They noלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlelonger singבַּשִּׁ֖ירH7892Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand drinkיִשְׁתּוּ־H8354Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralwineיָ֑יִןH3196Noun - masculine singularstrong drinkשֵׁכָ֖רH7941Noun - masculine singularis bitterיֵמַ֥רH4843Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto those who consume itלְשֹׁתָֽיו׃H8354Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 10

Original words

The cityקִרְיַת־H7151Noun - feminine singular constructof chaosתֹּ֑הוּH8414Noun - masculine singularis shatteredנִשְׁבְּרָ֖הH7665Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singulareveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructhouseבַּ֖יִתH1004Noun - masculine singularis closedסֻגַּ֥רH5462Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singularto entryמִבּֽוֹא׃H935Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 11

Original words

In the streetsבַּֽחוּצ֑וֹתH2351Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralthey cry outצְוָחָ֥הH6682Noun - feminine singularforעַל־H5921Prepositionwineהַיַּ֖יִןH3196Article | Noun - masculine singularAllכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructjoyשִׂמְחָ֔הH8057Noun - feminine singularturns to gloomעָֽרְבָה֙H6150Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularrejoicingמְשׂ֥וֹשׂH4885Noun - masculine singular constructis exiledגָּלָ֖הH1540Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularfrom the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 12

Original words

The cityבָּעִ֖ירH5892Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularis leftנִשְׁאַ֥רH7604Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularin ruinsשַׁמָּ֑הH8047Noun - feminine singularits gateשָֽׁעַר׃H8179Noun - masculine singularis reducedיֻכַּת־H3807Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto rubbleוּשְׁאִיָּ֖הH7591Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 13

Original words

Soכִּ֣יH3588Conjunction. . .כֹ֥הH3541Adverbwill it beיִהְיֶ֛הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularonבְּקֶ֥רֶבH7130Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe earthהָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singular[and] amongבְּת֣וֹךְH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe nationsהָֽעַמִּ֑יםH5971Article | Noun - masculine plurallike a harvestedכְּנֹ֣קֶףH5363Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructolive treeזַ֔יִתH2132Noun - masculine singularlike a gleaningכְּעוֹלֵלֹ֖תH5955Preposition-k | Noun - feminine pluralafterאִם־H518Conjunction. . .כָּלָ֥הH3615Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulara grape harvestבָצִֽיר׃H1210Noun - masculine singular

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