Thus saith
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
of hosts
tsaba' (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
The broad
rachab (raw-khawb')
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively -- broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
walls
chowmah (kho-maw')
a wall of protection -- wall, walled.
of Babylon
Babel (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
shall be utterly
`arar (aw-rar')
to bare; figuratively, to demolish -- make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), utterly.
broken
`arar (aw-rar')
to bare; figuratively, to demolish -- make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), utterly.
and her high
gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah)
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant -- haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, exceeding proudly.
gates
sha`ar (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
shall be burned
yatsath (yaw-tsath')
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate -- burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire (fire), kindle.
with fire
'esh (aysh)
fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
and the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
shall labour
yaga` (yaw-gah')
to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil -- faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
in vain
riyq (reek)
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
and the folk
lom (leh-ome')
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community -- nation, people.
in
day (dahee)
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
the fire
'esh (aysh)
fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
and they shall be weary
ya`aph (yaw-af')
to tire (as if from wearisome flight) -- faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
