King James Version
Isaiah 24:3 in the King James Version says “The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.”
Isaiah 24:3 · KJV
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. turneth: Heb. perverteth the face thereof
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. priest: or, prince
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. the haughty: Heb. the height of the people
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“emptied”
H1238to pour out, i.e., to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
“emptied”
H1238to pour out, i.e., to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“hath spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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