King James Version
Isaiah 32:19 in the King James Version says “When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. low in: or, utterly abased” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. low in: or, utterly abased”
Isaiah 32:19 · KJV
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. low in: or, utterly abased
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“coming down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“on the forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“shall be low”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
“and the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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