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Isaiah 1:7

1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. ointment: or, oil
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. overthrown: Heb. the overthrow of

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Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

What does Isaiah 1:7 mean?

Isaiah 1:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh), עִיר (ʻîyr). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Your
countryאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
is
desolate,שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâh/shem-aw-maw'/H8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment
your
citiesעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
are
burnedשָׂרַףsâraph/saw-raf'/H8313to be (causatively, set) on fire
with
fire:אֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)
your
land,אֲדָמָהʼădâmâh/ad-aw-maw'/H127soil (from its general redness)
strangersזוּרzûwr/zoor/H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
devourאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
it
in
your
presence,
and
it
is
desolate,שְׁמָמָהshᵉmâmâh/shem-aw-maw'/H8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment
as
overthrownמַהְפֵּכָהmahpêkâh/mah-pay-kaw'/H4114a destruction
by
strangers.זוּרzûwr/zoor/H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
overthrown:
Heb.
the
overthrow
of

Commentary on Isaiah 1:7

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 1:7
, ver. 3-8 . Confidence in God. 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord , which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. This psalm teaches us,

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 1:7.

Leviticus 6:30

And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

Leviticus 7:19

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

Exodus 29:14

But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

Exodus 29:34

And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

Ezekiel 35:9

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Leviticus 10:1

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 1:7 say?

Isaiah 1:7 (King James Version) reads: "Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. overthrown: Heb. the overthrow of"

Is Isaiah 1:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 1:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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