King James Version
Isaiah 10:29 in the King James Version says “They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.”
Isaiah 10:29 · KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. be taken: Heb. remove
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. Lift: Heb. Cry shrill with
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They are gone over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“the passage”
H4569a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e., (figuratively) overwhelming
“is afraid”
H2729to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
“is fled”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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