Isaiah 35:7

35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. grass: or, a court for reeds, etc

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The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. but: or, for he shall be with them

What does Isaiah 35:7 mean?

Isaiah 35:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁרָב (shârâb), אֲגַם (ʼăgam), צִמָּאוֹן (tsimmâʼôwn). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

And

the

parched

groundשָׁרָבshârâb/shaw-rawb'/H8273quivering glow (of the air), expectation. the mirage

shall

become

pool,אֲגַםʼăgam/ag-am'/H98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds

and

the

thirsty

landצִמָּאוֹןtsimmâʼôwn/tsim-maw-one'/H6774a thirsty place, i.e. desert

springsמַבּוּעַmabbûwaʻ/mab-boo'-ah/H4002a fountain

water:מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

the

habitationנָוֶהnâveh/naw-veh'/H5116(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)

dragons,תַּנִּיןtannîyn/tan-neen'/H8577a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal

where

each

lay,רֵבֶץrêbets/reh'-bets/H7258a couch or place of repose

shall

grassחָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)

with

reedsקָנֶהqâneh/kaw-neh'/H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)

and

rushes.גֹּמֶאgômeʼ/go'-meh/H1573properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus

grass:

or,

court

for

reeds,

etc

Commentary on Isaiah 35:7

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 35:7

all be under tribute. Note, 1. Industry is the way to preferment. Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw that he was an industrious young man, and minded his business, 1 Kings xi. 28 . Men that take pains in study and serviceableness will thereby gain such an interest and reputation as will give them a dominion over all about them, by which means many have risen strangely. He that has been faithful in a few things shall be made ruler over many things. The elders, that labour in the word and doctrine, are worthy of double honour; and those that are diligent when they are young will get that which will enable them to rule, and so to rest, when they are old. 2. Knavery is the way to slavery: The slothful and careless, or rather the deceitful (for so the word signifies), shall be under tribute. Those that, because they will not take pains in an honest calling, live by their shifts and arts of dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly, and will be kept under. Those that are diligent and honest when they are apprentices will come to be masters; but those that are otherwise are the fools who, all their days, must be servants to the wise in heart. 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good wor

Cross-references

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Psalms 18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Matthew 5:46

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

James 1:13

Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: evil: or, evils

James 1:14

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

1 Peter 2:18

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read

1 John 2:26

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 13:14

And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

Isaiah 35:13

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And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Isaiah 34:13

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Isaiah 65:10

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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What does Isaiah 35:7 say?

Isaiah 35:7 (King James Version) reads: "And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. grass: or, a court for reeds, etc"

Is Isaiah 35:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 35:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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