Isaiah 32:14

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

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; forts: or, clifts and watchtowers

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For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

What does Isaiah 32:14 mean?

Isaiah 32:14 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַרְמוֹן (ʼarmôwn), נָטַשׁ (nâṭash), הָמוֹן (hâmôwn). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Because

the

palacesאַרְמוֹןʼarmôwn/ar-mone'/H759a citadel (from its height)

shall

forsaken;נָטַשׁnâṭash/naw-tash'/H5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)

the

multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôwn/haw-mone'/H1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth

the

cityעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

shall

left;עָזַבʻâzab/aw-zab'/H5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

the

fortsעֹפֶלʻôphel/o'-fel/H6076a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress

and

towersבַּחַןbachan/bakh'-an/H975a watch-tower

shall

for

densמְעָרָהmᵉʻârâh/meh-aw-raw'/H4631a cavern (as dark)

forעַדʻad/ad/H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

ever,עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâsôws/maw-soce'/H4885delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)

wild

asses,פֶּרֶאpereʼ/peh'-reh/H6501the onager

pastureמִרְעֶהmirʻeh/meer-eh'/H4829pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals

flocks;עֵדֶרʻêder/ay'-der/H5739an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)

forts:

or,

clifts

and

watchtowers

Commentary on Isaiah 32:14

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 32:13–14

-caps">Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him from many things that would prejudice his life, and secure to him life enough in this world and eternal life in the other; the fear of the Lord will add days more than was expected, will add them endlessly, will prolong them to the days of eternity. What man is he that would see good days? Let him be religious, and then his days shall not only be many, but happy, very happy as well as very many, for the hope of the righteous shall be gladness; they shall have what they hope for, to their unspeakable satisfaction. It is something future and unseen that they place their happiness in ( Rom. viii. 24, 25 ), not what they have in hand, but what they have in hope, and their hope will shortly be swallowed up in fruition, and it will be their everlasting gladness. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. 2. Wickedness shortens men's lives, and frustrates their hopes: The years of the wicked, that are spent in the pleasures of sin and the drudgery of the world, shall be shortened. Cut down the trees that cumber the ground. And whatever comfort or happiness a wicked man promises himself, in this world or the other, he will be frustrated; for the expectation of the wicked shall perish; his hope shall be turned into endless despair. 29 The way of the

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Psalms 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Psalms 37:22

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalms 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Psalms 52:5

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. destroy: Heb. beat thee down

Ezekiel 33:24

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. women: or, wives

Micah 2:10

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Matthew 21:41

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Romans 8:35

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

2 Peter 1:11

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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What does Isaiah 32:14 say?

Isaiah 32:14 (King James Version) reads: "Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; forts: or, clifts and watchtowers"

Is Isaiah 32:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 32:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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