Isaiah 22:5
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For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
In other translations
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588יוֹםyoma day ofH3117מְהוּמָהmehumahconsternationH4103וּמְבוּסָהumevusahand tramplingH4001וּמְבוּכָהumevukhahand confusionH3998לַאדֹנָיladonai[belongs] to [the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635בְּגֵיאbegei'in [the] valley ofH1516חִזָּיוֹןchizayonvisionH2384מְקַרְקַרmekarkara breaking down ofH6979קִרkira wallH7023וְשׁוֹעַveshoa'and a crying outH7771אֶל־'el-toH413הָהָר׃haharthe mountainH2022
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