Behold I will command
tsavah (tsaw-vaw')
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin -- appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
saith
n'um (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and cause them to return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
to this city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
and they shall fight
lacham (law-kham')
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction) -- devour, eat, ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
against it and take
lakad (law-kad')
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
it and burn
saraph (saw-raf')
to be (causatively, set) on fire -- (cause to, make a) burn(-ing), up) kindle, utterly.
it with fire
'esh (aysh)
fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
and I will make
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
the cities
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
of Judah
Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw')
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah.
a desolation
shmamah (shem-aw-maw')
devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste.
without an inhabitant
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
