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Isaiah 30

Isa. 30:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The burden
massa' (Hebrew #4853)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Pronounce: mas-saw'
Origin: from 5375
of the beasts
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
of the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
: into 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 trouble
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
and anguish
tsowq (Hebrew #6695)
from 6693; a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress
KJV usage: anguish, X troublous.
Pronounce: tsoke
Origin: or (feminine) tsuwqah {tsoo-kaw'}
, from whence come the young
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
and old lion
layish (Hebrew #3918)
a lion (from his destructive blows)
KJV usage: (old)lion.
Pronounce: lah'-yish
Origin: from 3888 in the sense of crushing
, the viper
'eph`eh (Hebrew #660)
an asp or other venomous serpent
KJV usage: viper.
Pronounce: ef-eh'
Origin: from 659 (in the sense of hissing)
and fiery
saraph (Hebrew #8314)
burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
KJV usage: fiery (serpent), seraph.
Pronounce: saw-rawf'
Origin: from 8313
flying
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
serpent
saraph (Hebrew #8314)
burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color)
KJV usage: fiery (serpent), seraph.
Pronounce: saw-rawf'
Origin: from 8313
, they will carry
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
their riches
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
upon the shoulders
katheph (Hebrew #3802)
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
KJV usage: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
Pronounce: kaw-thafe'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to clothe
of young asses
`ayir (Hebrew #5895)
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
KJV usage: (ass) colt, foal, young ass.
Pronounce: ah'-yeer
Origin: from 5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden)
, and their treasures
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
upon the bunches
dabbesheth (Hebrew #1707)
a sticky mass, i.e. the hump of a camel
KJV usage: hunch (of a camel).
Pronounce: dab-beh'-sheth
Origin: intensive from the same as 1706
of camels
gamal (Hebrew #1581)
a camel
KJV usage: camel.
Pronounce: gaw-mawl'
Origin: apparently from 1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing)
, to a 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
that shall not profit
ya`al (Hebrew #3276)
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively: benefited)
KJV usage: X at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Pronounce: yaw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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Beast,
Burden,
Lion,
Serpent,
Shoulder,
South,
Viper

Cross References

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burden.
Isa. 46:1‑2• 1Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary beast.
 2They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity. (Isa. 46:1‑2)
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Isa. 57:9• 9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol. (Isa. 57:9)
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Hos. 8:9‑10• 9For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
 10Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes. (Hos. 8:9‑10)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
beasts.
1 Kings 10:2• 2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and gold in very great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke to him of all that was in her heart. (1 Kings 10:2)
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Matt. 12:42• 42A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here. (Matt. 12:42)
into the land.Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "through a land of distress and difficulty:"
the same deserts are here spoken of which the Israelites passed through.
Isa. 19:4• 4And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord, and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 19:4)
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Ex. 1:14• 14and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness. (Ex. 1:14)
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Ex. 5:10‑21• 10And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:
 11go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
 12And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
 13And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
 14And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?
 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?
 16There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.
 17And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
 18And now go--work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
 19And the officers of the children of Israel saw that it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.
 20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood there to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.
 21And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us! (Ex. 5:10‑21)
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Deut. 4:20• 20But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day. (Deut. 4:20)
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Deut. 8:15• 15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, a wilderness of fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Deut. 8:15)
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Deut. 17:16• 16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way. (Deut. 17:16)
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Jer. 11:4• 4which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: (Jer. 11:4)
the viper.
Num. 21:6‑7• 6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
 7And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. (Num. 21:6‑7)
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Deut. 8:15• 15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, a wilderness of fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Deut. 8:15)
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Jer. 2:6• 6And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth? (Jer. 2:6)
riches.
2 Chron. 9:1• 1And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, and came to Jerusalem to prove Solomon with enigmas; with a very great train, and camels that bore spices and gold in great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke with him of all that was in her heart. (2 Chron. 9:1)
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2 Chron. 16:2• 2And Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, (2 Chron. 16:2)
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2 Chron. 28:20‑23• 20And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and troubled him, and did not support him.
 21For Ahaz stripped the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave to the king of Assyria; but he was of no help to him.
 22And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
 23And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. (2 Chron. 28:20‑23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to the people that shall not profit them.