Isaiah

Isaiah 37:26

²⁶Have you not heard?

Long ago I ordained it;

in days of old I planned it.

Now I have brought it to pass,

that you should crush fortified cities

into piles of rubble.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Have you not	הֲלֽוֹא־	hă·lō·w-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
heard	שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ	šā·ma‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H8085 hear
Long ago	לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙	lə·mê·rā·ḥō·wq	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H7350 distant, far
I ordained it	עָשִׂ֔יתִי	‘ā·śî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6213 do, make
in days	מִ֥ימֵי	mî·mê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of old	קֶ֖דֶם	qe·ḏem	Noun - masculine singular	H6924 front, east, aforetime
I planned it	וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ	wî·ṣar·tî·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H3335 form, fashion
Now I have	עַתָּ֣ה	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
brought it to pass	הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ	hă·ḇê·ṯî·hā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
that you should crush	לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת	lə·haš·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7582 make a din or crash, crash into ruins
fortified	בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃	bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H1219 cut off, make inaccessible
cities	עָרִ֥ים	‘ā·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
into piles	גַּלִּ֥ים	gal·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1530 heap, wave, billow
of rubble	נִצִּ֖ים	niṣ·ṣîm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H5327 struggle

Cross-references

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

Acts 4:27–28 · Acts 2:23 · Isaiah 10:15 · Isaiah 46:10–11 · 1 Peter 2:8 · Isaiah 10:5–6 · Genesis 50:20 · Amos 3:6 · Jude 1:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.