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Isaiah 23

Isa. 23:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the Chaldeans
Kasdiy (Hebrew #3778)
towards the Kasdites
KJV usage: into Chaldea), patronymically from 3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:--Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Pronounce: kas-dee'
Origin: (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}
; this people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
was not, till the Assyrian
'Ashshuwr (Hebrew #804)
apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV usage: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See 838.
Pronounce: ash-shoor'
Origin: or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}
founded
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
it for themu that dwell in the wilderness
tsiyiy (Hebrew #6728)
a desert-dweller, i.e. nomad or wild beast
KJV usage: wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
Pronounce: tsee-ee'
Origin: from the same as 6723
: they set up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
the towers
bachiyn (Hebrew #971)
a watch-tower of besiegers
KJV usage: tower.
Pronounce: bakh-een'
Origin: another form of 975
thereof, they raised up
`arar (Hebrew #6209)
to bare; figuratively, to demolish
KJV usage: make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
the palaces
'armown (Hebrew #759)
a citadel (from its height)
KJV usage: castle, palace. Compare 2038.
Pronounce: ar-mone'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be elevated)
thereof; and he brought
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
it to ruin
mappalah (Hebrew #4654)
from 5307; something fallen, i.e. a ruin
KJV usage: ruin(-ous).
Pronounce: map-paw-law'
Origin: or mappelah {map-pay-law'}
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Psa. 72:9• 9Before him shall bow dwellers in the desert,{HR}And his enemies shall lick the dust. (Psa. 72:9)

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Assyrian,
Chaldeans; Chaldees,
Palace,
Tower,
Wilderness

Cross References

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land.
Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Gen. 11:28,31• 28and Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before the face of Terah his father in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, son of his son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son; and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Charan, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:28,31)
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Job 1:17• 17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, and they have smitten the young men with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:17)
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Hab. 1:6• 6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. (Hab. 1:6)
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Acts 7:4• 4Then came he out of [the] land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran; and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell. (Acts 7:4)
the Assyrian.
Gen. 2:14• 14And the name of the third [is] Hiddekel, that which goeth forth before Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates. (Gen. 2:14)
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Gen. 10:10‑11• 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
 11From that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, (Gen. 10:10‑11)
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Gen. 11:9• 9Therefore was its name called Babel ; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:9)
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2 Kings 17:24• 24And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities. (2 Kings 17:24)
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2 Kings 20:12• 12At that time Berodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. (2 Kings 20:12)
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2 Chron. 33:11• 11And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (2 Chron. 33:11)
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Ezra 4:9‑10• 9Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
 10and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest of the country on this side the river, and so forth. (Ezra 4:9‑10)
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Dan. 4:30• 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? (Dan. 4:30)
for them.
Psa. 72:9• 9Before him shall bow dwellers in the desert,{HR}And his enemies shall lick the dust. (Psa. 72:9)
and he.
Ezek. 26:7‑21• 7For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
 8He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
 9And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
 10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
 11With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
 12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
 13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harp shall be no more heard.
 14And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord Jehovah have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 15Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
 16then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
 17And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
 18Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
 19For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, the great waters shall cover thee;
 20when I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
 21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 26:7‑21)
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Ezek. 29:18• 18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: (Ezek. 29:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this people did not exist; the Assyrian founded it for the dwellers in the desert: they set up their towers, they destroyed the palaces thereof; he brought it to ruin.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this people existed not. The Assyrian founded it for the dwellers in the wilderness: they set up their towers, they destroyed the palaces thereof; he brought it to ruin.