King James Version
“Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.”
Isaiah 37:33 · KJV
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: the remnant: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. they: Heb. the escaping
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“into this city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor shoot”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“an arrow”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“there nor come before”
H6923to project (one self), i.e., precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
“it with shields”
H4043a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor cast”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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