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Isaiah 37

Isa. 37:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore their inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
were μof small
qatser (Hebrew #7116)
short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
KJV usage: few, hasty, small, soon.
Pronounce: kaw-tsare'
Origin: from 7114
power
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
, they were dismayed
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
and confounded
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
: they were as the grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, and as the green
yaraq (Hebrew #3419)
properly, green; concretely, a vegetable
KJV usage: green, herbs.
Pronounce: yaw-rawk'
Origin: from the same as 3418
herb
deshe' (Hebrew #1877)
a sprout; by analogy, grass
KJV usage: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
Pronounce: deh'-sheh
Origin: from 1876
, as the grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
on the housetops
gag (Hebrew #1406)
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
KJV usage: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Pronounce: gawg
Origin: probably by reduplication from 1342
, and as corn blasted
shdemah (Hebrew #7709)
apparently from 7704; a cultivated field; -- blasted, field.
Pronounce: shed-ay-maw'
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
it be grown up
qamah (Hebrew #7054)
something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
KJV usage: (standing) corn, grown up, stalk.
Pronounce: kuw-maw'
Origin: feminine of active participle of 6965
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short of hand.

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Cross References

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their inhabitants.
Isa. 19:16• 16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it. (Isa. 19:16)
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Num. 14:9• 9Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not. (Num. 14:9)
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2 Kings 19:26• 26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. (2 Kings 19:26)
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Psa. 127:1‑2• 1<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
 2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. (Psa. 127:1‑2)
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Jer. 5:10• 10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's. (Jer. 5:10)
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Jer. 37:10• 10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (Jer. 37:10)
of small power.
Heb. short of hand.
as the grass of.
Isa. 40:6‑8• 6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
 8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isa. 40:6‑8)
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Psa. 37:2• 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. (Psa. 37:2)
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Psa. 90:5‑6• 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. (Psa. 90:5‑6)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: (Psa. 92:7)
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Psa. 103:15• 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (Psa. 103:15)
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Psa. 129:6• 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: (Psa. 129:6)
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James 1:10‑11• 10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
 11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. (James 1:10‑11)
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1 Peter 1:24• 24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (1 Peter 1:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And their inhabitants were powerlesse, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "short of hand."