King James Version
Isaiah 13:15 in the King James Version says “Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.”
Isaiah 13:15 · KJV
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished .
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Every one that is found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“shall be thrust through”
H1856to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and every one that is joined”
H5595properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e., to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e., to scatter, remove, or r
“unto them shall fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“by the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
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