Isaiah

Isaiah 14:16–17

¹⁶Those who see you will stare;

they will ponder your fate:

“Is this the man who shook the earth

and made the kingdoms tremble,

¹⁷who turned the world into a desert

and destroyed its cities,

who refused to let the captives

return to their homes?”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Those who see you	רֹאֶ֙יךָ֙	rō·’e·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H7200 see
will stare	יַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּ	yaš·gî·ḥū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7688 gaze
they will ponder	יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ	yiṯ·bō·w·nā·nū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H995 discern
your fate	אֵלֶ֖יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Is this	הֲזֶ֤ה	hă·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
the man	הָאִישׁ֙	hā·’îš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who shook	מַרְגִּ֣יז	mar·gîz	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H7264 be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed
the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
made the kingdoms	מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃	mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
tremble	מַרְעִ֖ישׁ	mar·‘îš	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H7493 quake, shake

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
who turned	שָׂ֥ם	śām	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
the world	תֵּבֵ֛ל	tê·ḇêl	Noun - feminine singular	H8398 world
into a desert	כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר	kam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
and destroyed	הָרָ֑ס	hā·rās	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2040 throw down, break or tear down
its cities	וְעָרָ֣יו	wə·‘ā·rāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H5892 excitement
who refused	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to let	פָ֥תַח	p̄ā·ṯaḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6605 open
the captives	אֲסִירָ֖יו	’ă·sî·rāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H615 bondman, prisoner
return to their homes	בָּֽיְתָה׃	bā·yə·ṯāh	Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1004 house

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 14:16 Jeremiah 50:23 · Psalm 58:10–11 · Jeremiah 51:20–23 · Psalm 64:9 · Isaiah 14:4–5 · Psalm 52:7

Isaiah 14:17 Joel 2:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.