Isaiah

Isaiah 5:6

6I will make it a wasteland,

neither pruned nor cultivated,

and thorns and briers will grow up.

I will command the clouds

that rain shall not fall on it.”

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will makeוַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּwa·’ă·šî·ṯê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singularH7896 put, set
it a wastelandבָתָ֗הḇā·ṯāhNoun - feminine singularH1326 end, destruction
neitherלֹ֤אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
prunedיִזָּמֵר֙yiz·zā·mêrVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2168 trim, prune
norוְלֹ֣אwə·lōConjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
cultivatedיֵעָדֵ֔רyê·‘ā·ḏêrVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH5737 help
and thornsוָשָׁ֑יִתwā·šā·yiṯConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH7898 thorn-bushes
and briersשָׁמִ֖ירšā·mîrNoun - masculine singularH8068 thorn(s), adamant, flint
will grow upוְעָלָ֥הwə·‘ā·lāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH5927 go up, ascend, climb
I will commandאֲצַוֶּ֔ה’ă·ṣaw·wehVerb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singularH6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
the cloudsהֶעָבִים֙he·‘ā·ḇîmArticle; Noun - common pluralH5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
that rainמָטָֽר׃mā·ṭārNoun - masculine singularH4306 rain
shall not fallמֵהַמְטִ֥ירmê·ham·ṭîrPreposition-m; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructH4305 rain
on itעָלָ֖יו‘ā·lāwPreposition; third person masculine singularH5921 height

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Isaiah 7:23–25 · Jeremiah 25:11 · Isaiah 24:1–3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.