Isaiah 17:9 Hebrew Word Analysis

0In that dayבַּיּ֨וֹםh3117
1הַה֜וּאh1931
2יִהְי֣וּ׀h1961
3citiesעָרֵ֣יh5892
4shall his strongמָעוּזּ֗וֹh4581
9be as a forsakenעָזְב֔וּh5800
6boughהַחֹ֙רֶשׁ֙h2793
7and an uppermost branchוְהָ֣אָמִ֔ירh534
8אֲשֶׁ֣רh834
9be as a forsakenעָזְב֔וּh5800
10becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יh6440
11of the childrenבְּנֵ֣יh1121
12of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לh3478
13וְהָיְתָ֖הh1961
14and there shall be desolationשְׁמָמָֽה׃h8077

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

American Standard Version (ASV)

In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the children of Israel took for a heritage, and they will come to destruction.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

World English Bible (WEB)

In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.