King James Version
Isaiah 13:2 in the King James Version says “Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates o...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.”
Isaiah 13:2 · KJV
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. like: Heb. the likeness of
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Lift ye up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“a banner”
H5251a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
“exalt”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“unto them shake”
H5130to quiver (i.e., vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinad
“the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the nobles”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
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