KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Isaiah 32:12 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.”
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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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| “They shall lament” | סֹֽפְדִ֑ים | Properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Middle Easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail | lament |
| “for” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | for |
| “the teats,” | שָׁדַ֖יִם | The breast of a woman or animal (as bulging) | teats |
| “for” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | for |
| “the pleasant” | חֶ֕מֶד | Delight | pleasant |
| “fields,” | שְׂדֵי | A field (as flat) | fields |
| “for” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | for |
| “the fruitful” | פֹּרִיָּֽה׃ | To bear fruit (literally or figuratively) | fruitful |
| “vine.” | גֶּ֖פֶן | A vine (as twining), especially the grape | vine |
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10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
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.
12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 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;
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