Isaiah

Isaiah 32:9–14

⁹Stand up, you complacent women;

listen to me.

Give ear to my word,

you overconfident daughters.

¹⁰In a little more than a year you will tremble,

O secure ones.

For the grape harvest will fail

and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

¹¹Shudder, you ladies of leisure;

tremble, you daughters of complacency.

Strip yourselves bare

and put sackcloth around your waists.

¹²Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vines,

¹³and for the land of my people,

overgrown with thorns and briers —

even for every house of merriment

in this city of revelry.

¹⁴For the palace will be forsaken,

the busy city abandoned.

The hill^a and the watchtower will become caves forever —

the delight of wild donkeys

and a pasture for flocks —

Footnotes

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
Stand up	קֹ֖מְנָה	qō·mə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
you complacent	שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת	ša·’ă·nan·nō·wṯ	Adjective - masculine plural	H7600 at ease, secure
women	נָשִׁים֙	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
listen to me	שְׁמַ֣עְנָה	šə·ma‘·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural	H8085 hear
Give ear	הַאְזֵ֖נָּה	ha’·zên·nāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine plural	H238 give ear, listen, hear
to my word	אִמְרָתִֽי׃	’im·rā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H565 utterance, speech, word
you overconfident	בֹּֽטח֔וֹת	bō·ṭ·ḥō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H982 trust
daughters	בָּנוֹת֙	bā·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1323 daughter

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In a little more than	יָמִים֙	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
a year	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
you will tremble	תִּרְגַּ֖זְנָה	tir·gaz·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H7264 be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed
O secure ones	בֹּֽטְח֑וֹת	bō·ṭə·ḥō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H982 trust
For	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the grape harvest	בָצִ֔יר	ḇā·ṣîr	Noun - masculine singular	H1210 vintage
will fail	כָּלָ֣ה	kā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
and the fruit harvest	אֹ֖סֶף	’ō·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H625 gathering
will not	בְּלִ֥י	bə·lî	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
arrive	יָבֽוֹא׃	yā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Shudder	חִרְדוּ֙	ḥir·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H2729 tremble, be terrified
you ladies of leisure	שַֽׁאֲנַנּ֔וֹת	ša·’ă·nan·nō·wṯ	Adjective - masculine plural	H7600 at ease, secure
tremble	רְגָ֖זָה	rə·ḡā·zāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7264 be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed
you daughters of complacency	בֹּֽטְח֑וֹת	bō·ṭə·ḥō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H982 trust
Strip	פְּשֹׁ֣טָֽה	pə·šō·ṭāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid
yourselves bare	וְעֹ֔רָה	wə·‘ō·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6209 strip oneself
and put	וַחֲג֖וֹרָה	wa·ḥă·ḡō·w·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2296 gird, gird on, gird oneself
sackcloth around	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your waists	חֲלָצָֽיִם׃	ḥă·lā·ṣā·yim	Noun - md	H2504 loins

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Beat	סֹֽפְדִ֑ים	sō·p̄ə·ḏîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5594 wail, lament
your breasts	שָׁדַ֖יִם	šā·ḏa·yim	Noun - md	H7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the pleasant	חֶ֕מֶד	ḥe·meḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2531 desire, delight
fields	שְׂדֵי־	śə·ḏê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7704 id.
for the fruitful	פֹּרִיָּֽה׃	pō·rî·yāh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful
vines	גֶּ֖פֶן	ge·p̄en	Noun - common singular	H1612 vine

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and for	עַ֚ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the land	אַדְמַ֣ת	’aḏ·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H127 ground, land
of my people	עַמִּ֔י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
overgrown	תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה	ta·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
with thorns	ק֥וֹץ	qō·wṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6975 thornbush, thorn
and briers	שָׁמִ֖יר	šā·mîr	Noun - masculine singular	H8068 thorn(s), adamant, flint
even	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
house	בָּתֵּ֣י	bāt·tê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1004 house
of merriment	מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ	mā·śō·wś	Noun - masculine singular	H4885 id.
in this city	קִרְיָ֖ה	qir·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7151 town, city
of revelry	עַלִּיזָֽה׃	‘al·lî·zāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H5947 exultant, jubilant

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the palace	אַרְמ֣וֹן	’ar·mō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H759 citadel
will be forsaken	נֻטָּ֔שׁ	nuṭ·ṭāš	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5203 leave, forsake, permit
the busy	הֲמ֥וֹן	hă·mō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
city	עִ֖יר	‘îr	Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
abandoned	עֻזָּ֑ב	‘uz·zāḇ	Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
The hill	עֹ֣פֶל	‘ō·p̄el	Noun - masculine singular	H6076 mound, hill
and the watchtower	וָבַ֜חַן	wā·ḇa·ḥan	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H975 watch-tower
will become	הָיָ֨ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
caves	מְעָרוֹת֙	mə·‘ā·rō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4631 cave
forever	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the delight	מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ	mə·śō·wś	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4885 id.
of wild donkeys	פְּרָאִ֖ים	pə·rā·’îm	Noun - masculine plural	H6501 wild ass
and a pasture	מִרְעֵ֥ה	mir·‘êh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4829 pasturage, pasture
for flocks	עֲדָרִֽים׃	‘ă·ḏā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5739 flock, herd