King James Version
Isaiah 34:12 in the King James Version says “They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.”
Isaiah 34:12 · KJV
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. cormorant: or, pelican
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls . owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. The wilddesert: Heb. Ziim the wildisland: Heb. Ijim screech: or, night monster
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the nobles”
H2715properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire; hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
“They shall call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“but none shall be there and all her princes”
H8269a head person (of any rank or class)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be nothing”
H657cessation, i.e., an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or f
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