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Isaiah 34

Isa. 34:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he hath cast
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
the lot
gowral (Hebrew #1486)
from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
KJV usage: lot.
Pronounce: go-rawl'
Origin: or (shortened) goral {go-ral'}
for them, and his hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
hath divided
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
it unto them by line
qav (Hebrew #6957)
from 6960 (compare 6961); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
KJV usage: line. Compare 6978.
Pronounce: kav
Origin: or qav {kawv}
: they shall possess
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
it for
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
, from generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
to generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
shall they dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
therein.

More on:

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Casting Lots,
Forever,
Generation

Cross References

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he hath cast.
Josh. 18:8• 8And the men arose and went away. And Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh. (Josh. 18:8)
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Psa. 78:55• 55And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. (Psa. 78:55)
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Acts 13:19• 19And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance. (Acts 13:19)
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Acts 17:26• 26and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling, (Acts 17:26)
they shall.
Isa. 34:10• 10it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. (Isa. 34:10)
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Isa. 13:20‑22• 20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
 21But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
 22And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isa. 13:20‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided ita unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. the land of Edom.