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Isaiah 25

Isa. 25:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the fortress
mibtsar (Hebrew #4013)
from 1219; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
KJV usage: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: mib-tsawr'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Dan. 11:l5) mibtsarah {mib-tsaw-raw'}
of the high fort
misgab (Hebrew #4869)
properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge
KJV usage: defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab:--Misgab.
Pronounce: mis-gawb'
Origin: from 7682
of thy walls
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
shall he bring down
shachach (Hebrew #7817)
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Pronounce: shaw-khakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, lay low
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
, and bring
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
to the ground
'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
, even to the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
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Dust,
Fortress,
Walls

Cross References

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the fortress.
Isa. 26:5• 5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. (Isa. 26:5)
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Jer. 51:58,64• 58Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
 64And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. (Jer. 51:58,64)
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2 Cor. 10:4‑5• 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Cor. 10:4‑5)
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Heb. 11:30• 30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. (Heb. 11:30)
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Rev. 18:21• 21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (Rev. 18:21)
to the dust.
Isa. 13:19‑22• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
 20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
 21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
 22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isa. 13:19‑22)
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Isa. 14:23• 23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. (Isa. 14:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.