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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 boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
 2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but 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 increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. (Isa. 57:9)
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Hos. 8:9‑10• 9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
 10Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. (Hos. 8:9‑10)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, 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 bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. (1 Kings 10:2)
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Matt. 12:42• 42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater 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, the Lord of hosts. (Isa. 19:4)
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Ex. 1:14• 14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. (Ex. 1:14)
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Ex. 5:10‑21• 10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
 11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
 13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
 14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore 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 unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
 16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
 17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.
 18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
 19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
 20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
 21And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. (Ex. 5:10‑21)
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Deut. 4:20• 20But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. (Deut. 4:20)
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Deut. 8:15• 15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Deut. 8:15)
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Deut. 17:16• 16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no 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, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: (Jer. 11:4)
the viper.
Num. 21:6‑7• 6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
 7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, 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 that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Deut. 8:15)
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Jer. 2:6• 6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? (Jer. 2:6)
riches.
2 Chron. 9:1• 1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. (2 Chron. 9:1)
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2 Chron. 16:2• 2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (2 Chron. 16:2)
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2 Chron. 28:20‑23• 20And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
 21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
 22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.
 23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I 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.