Isaiah

Isaiah 49:19–20

¹⁹For your ruined and desolate places

and your ravaged land

will now indeed be too small for your people,

and those who devoured you will be far away.

²⁰Yet the children of your bereavement

will say in your hearing,

‘This place is too small for us;

make room for us to live here.’

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
your ruined	חָרְבֹתַ֙יִךְ֙	ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯa·yiḵ	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H2723 waste, desolation, ruin
and desolate places	וְשֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְ	wə·šō·mə·mō·ṯa·yiḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H8074 be desoleted, appalled
and your ravaged land	וְאֶ֖רֶץ	wə·’e·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
will now	עַתָּה֙	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
indeed	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
be too small	תֵּצְרִ֣י	tê·ṣə·rî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H3334 press, be narrow, be in distress
for your people	מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔ב	mî·yō·wō·šêḇ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and those who devoured you	מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃	mə·ḇal·lə·‘ā·yiḵ	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
will be far away	וְרָחֲק֖וּ	wə·rā·ḥă·qū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H7368 be, or become, far, distant

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	ע֚וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
the children	בְּנֵ֖י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of your bereavement	שִׁכֻּלָ֑יִךְ	šik·ku·lā·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H7923 bereavement, childlessness
will say	יֹאמְר֣וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
in your hearing	בְאָזְנַ֔יִךְ	ḇə·’ā·zə·na·yiḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person feminine singular	H241 ear
This place	הַמָּק֖וֹם	ham·mā·qō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
is too small for us	צַר־	ṣar-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6862 narrow, tight
make room	גְּשָׁה־	gə·šāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5066 draw near, approach
for us	לִּ֥י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
to live here	וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃	wə·’ê·šê·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

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

Isaiah 49:19 Zechariah 10:10 · Isaiah 54:1–2 · Jeremiah 30:18–19 · Hosea 1:10–11 · Psalm 56:1–2 · Isaiah 51:3 · Isaiah 49:25–26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.