King James Version
Isaiah 3:26 in the King James Version says “And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. desolate: or, emptied: Heb. clea...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed”
Isaiah 3:26 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. mighty: Heb. might
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and she being desolate”
H5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e., extirpated
“shall sit”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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