King James Version
Isaiah 25:2 in the King James Version says “For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.”
Isaiah 25:2 · KJV
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For thou hast made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“of a city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“an heap”
H1530something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
“of a defenced”
H1219to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification)
“of strangers”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“of a city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“it shall never”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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