KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And they shall say,” | וְאָמְר֗וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | say |
| “This” | הַלֵּ֙זוּ֙ | That | This |
| “land” | הָאָ֤רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “that was desolate” | הַנְּשַׁמָּ֔ה | To stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) | desolate |
| “is become” | הָיְתָ֖ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | become |
| “like the garden” | כְּגַן | A garden (as fenced) | like garden |
| “of Eden;” | עֵ֑דֶן | Eden, the region of Adam's home | Eden |
| “and the waste” | הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת | Parched or ruined | waste |
| “and desolate” | וְהַֽנְשַׁמּ֥וֹת | To stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) | desolate |
| “and ruined” | וְהַנֶּהֱרָס֖וֹת | To pull down or in pieces, break, destroy | ruined |
| “cities” | וְהֶעָרִ֧ים | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | cities |
| “are become” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “fenced,” | בְּצוּר֥וֹת | To gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification) | fenced |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “are inhabited.” | יָשָֽׁבוּ׃ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | are inhabited |
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33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.
37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
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