Isaiah 32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; 1 the multitude of the Ir shall be abandoned; 1 the citadel and stronghold shall be ruins ad olam, 1 a delight of wild donkeys, 1 a pasture of adarim (flocks); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

In Context

13Upon the admat Ami (land of My People) 1 shall come up kotz (thorns) and briers; 1 indeed, upon all the batim (houses) of joy 1 in the city of merriment; 1

15Until the Ruach + 32:15 Hakodesh be poured 1 upon us from on high, 1 and the midbar become a carmel (fruitful field), 1 and the carmel become a ya'ar (forest). 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:9And he set fire to the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech (the palace), and all the batim (houses) of Yerushalayim, and every bais hagadol he burned with eish. + 25:9 Tisha B'Av, see Jer 52:12

Nehemiah 3:26And the Netenim (servants of the Bais Hamikdash) dwelt on Ophel, made repairs unto the place opposite the Water Gate on the east, and the migdal that projects out.

Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; 1 and she being desolate shall sit upon ha'aretz.

Isaiah 6:11Then cried I, Adonoi, ad mosai (how much longer [will this go on])? 1 And He answered, 1 Until the towns be wasted without inhabitant, 1 and the batim (houses) are without man, 1 and the ground be utterly desolate, a wilderness, 1

Isaiah 24:1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, 1 and ruineth her face, 1 and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 1

Isaiah 24:12In the Ir is left desolation, 1 and the sha'ar is stricken with ruination. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:10-20

Joyful Prospects. ( b. c. 726.) 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up… Read the whole commentary →

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