Isaiah 49:19

49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you up shall be far away.

49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

What does Isaiah 49:19 mean?

Isaiah 49:19 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh), שָׁמֵם (shâmêm), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

Hebrew interlinear

For

thy

wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh/khor-baw'/H2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

and

thy

desolate

places,שָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

and

the

landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

thy

destruction,הֲרִיסוּתhărîyçûwth/har-ee-sooth'/H2035demolition

shall

even

now

too

narrowיָצַרyâtsar/yaw-tsar'/H3334to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress

reason

the

inhabitants,יָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

and

they

that

swallowed

thee

upבָּלַעbâlaʻ/baw-lah'/H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy

shall

far

away.רָחַקrâchaq/raw-khak'/H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 49:19.

Genesis 21:16

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Isaiah 61:4

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 49:19 say?

Isaiah 49:19 (King James Version) reads: "For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away."

Is Isaiah 49:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 49:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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