King James Version
Isaiah 32:13 in the King James Version says “Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: yea: or,...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: yea: or, burning upon”
Isaiah 32:13 · KJV
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. pleasant: Heb. fields of desire
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: yea: or, burning upon
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; forts: or, clifts and watchtowers
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and briers”
H8068a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
“shall come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“yea upon all the houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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