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Isaiah 24:3

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

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הִבּ֧וֹקhiboqemptyבָּקַקverb, niphal, infinitive absolute — “empty”, the verb used for emphasisH1238to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)(make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.תִּבּ֛וֹקtiboqemptyבָּקַקverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “empty”, an unfinished actionH1238to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)(make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְהִבּ֣וֹזvehibozand catchבָּזַזconjunction, verb, niphal, infinitive absolute — “and catch”, the verb used for emphasisH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.תִּבּ֑וֹזtibozcatchבָּזַזverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “catch”, an unfinished actionH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).דִּבֶּ֖רdiberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַדָּבָ֥רhadavarthe causeדָּבָרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the cause”, the ordinary formH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…הַזֶּֽהhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Young’s Literal Translation

Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

World English Bible

The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

Darby Translation

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Douay-Rheims

With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The earth shall be completely laid waste, and the earth shall be utterly spoiled: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φθορᾷ φθαρήσεται ἡ γῆ, καὶ προνομῇ προνομευθήσεται ἡ γῆ· τὸ γὰρ στόμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησε ταῦτα.