King James Version
Isaiah 14:23 in the King James Version says “I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Isaiah 14:23 · KJV
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities .
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I will also make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“for the bittern”
H7090a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
“and pools”
H98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
“it with the besom”
H4292a broom (as removing dirt (compare english 'to dust', i.e., remove dust))
“of hosts”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
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