Isaiah

Isaiah 21:2

²A dire vision is declared to me:

“The traitor still betrays,

and the destroyer still destroys.

Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media!

I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A dire	קָשָׁ֖ה	qā·šāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7186 hard, severe
vision	חָז֥וּת	ḥā·zūṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H2380 vision, conspicuousness
is declared	הֻגַּד־	hug·gaḏ-	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
to me	לִ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
The traitor	הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד׀	hab·bō·w·ḡêḏ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H898 act or deal treacherously
still betrays	בּוֹגֵד֙	bō·w·ḡêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H898 act or deal treacherously
and the destroyer	וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד׀	wə·haš·šō·w·ḏêḏ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
still destroys	שׁוֹדֵ֔ד	šō·w·ḏêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
Go up	עֲלִ֤י	‘ă·lî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
O Elam	עֵילָם֙	‘ê·lām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5867 Elam
Lay siege	צוּרִ֣י	ṣū·rî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H6696 confine, bind, besiege
O Media	מָדַ֔י	mā·ḏay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4074 Medes, Media
I will put an end	הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃	hiš·bat·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
to all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her groaning	אַנְחָתָ֖ה	’an·ḥā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H585 sighing, groaning

Cross-references

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

Jeremiah 49:34 · Isaiah 33:1 · Psalm 60:3 · Isaiah 24:16 · Revelation 13:10 · Daniel 5:28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.