Isaiah 17
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
7At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
9In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
11In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- הָיָהhâyâhH19618× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יוֹםyôwmH31175× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseqH18343× in this chapter
Damascus, a city of Syria
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עָזַבʻâzabH58003× in this chapter
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עִירʻîyrH58923× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שָׁאוֹןshâʼôwnH75883× in this chapter
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בֹּקֶרbôqerH12422× in this chapter
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- הָמָהhâmâhH19932× in this chapter
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35192× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- לְאֹםlᵉʼômH38162× in this chapter
a community
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מָעוֹזmâʻôwzH45812× in this chapter
a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50022× in this chapter
an oracle
- נֶטַעneṭaʻH51942× in this chapter
a plant; collectively, a plantation; abstractly, a planting
- אָמִירʼâmîyrH5342× in this chapter
a summit (of a tree or mountain
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- קָצִירqâtsîyrH71052× in this chapter
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- שָׁאָהshâʼâhH75822× in this chapter
to rush; by implication, to desolate
- שִׁבֹּלshibbôlH76412× in this chapter
a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
- שָׁעָהshâʻâhH81592× in this chapter
to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8342× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בַּלָּהָהballâhâhH10911× in this chapter
alarm; hence, destruction
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13201× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- גּוֹרָלgôwrâlH14861× in this chapter
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
- גַּלְגַּלgalgalH15341× in this chapter
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
- גָּעַרgâʻarH16051× in this chapter
to chide