Isaiah 32:12

32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. pleasant: Heb. fields of desire

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Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: yea: or, burning upon

What does Isaiah 32:12 mean?

Isaiah 32:12 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָפַד (çâphad), שַׁד (shad), חֶמֶד (chemed). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

They

shall

lamentסָפַדçâphad/saw-fad'/H5594properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail

for

the

teats,שַׁדshad/shad/H7699the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)

for

the

pleasantחֶמֶדchemed/kheh'-med/H2531delight

fields,שָׂדֶהsâdeh/saw-deh'/H7704a field (as flat)

for

the

fruitfulפָּרָהpârâh/paw-raw'/H6509to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)

vine.גֶּפֶןgephen/gheh'-fen/H1612a vine (as twining), especially the grape

pleasant:

Heb.

fields

desire

Commentary on Isaiah 32:12

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 32:12

" 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ's messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards into his harvest. 2. Those that are guilty of so great an oversight as to entrust such with any affair, and put confidence in them, will certainly have vexation with them. A slothful servant is to his master as uneasy and troublesome as vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes; he provokes his passion, as vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and occasions him grief to see his business neglected and undone, as smoke sets the eyes a weeping. 27 The fear of the

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. they shall: Heb. flight shall perish from them the giving: or, a puff of breath

Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. rest: Heb. dwell confidently

Isaiah 11:7

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 14:32

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. trust: or, betake themselves unto it

Luke 16:23

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Romans 5:2

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 32:12.

Psalms 128:3

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Song of Solomon 7:8

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

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What does Isaiah 32:12 say?

Isaiah 32:12 (King James Version) reads: "They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. pleasant: Heb. fields of desire"

Is Isaiah 32:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 32:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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