Isaiah 13:20
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It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
In other translations
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808תֵשֵׁבteshevit will remainH3427לָנֶצַחlanetzachto perpetuityH5331וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תִשְׁכֹּןtishkonit will settleH7931עַד־'ad-untilH5704דּוֹרdora generationH1755וָדוֹרvadorand a generationH1755וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יַהֵלyahelhe will pitch a tentH167שָׁםshamthereH8033עֲרָבִי'aravian ArabH6163וְרֹעִיםvero'imand shepherdsH7462לֹא־lo'-notH3808יַרְבִּצוּyarbitzuthey will make lie downH7257שָׁם׃shamthereH8033
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