Isaiah 32:14
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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;For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
In other translations
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;For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588אַרְמוֹן'armon[the] palaceH759נֻטָּשׁnutashit will be forsakenH5203הֲמוֹןhamon[the] tumult ofH1995עִיר'ir[the] cityH5892עֻזָּב'uzavit will be abandonedH5800עֹפֶל'ofel[the] hillH6076וָבַחַןvavachanand [the] watchtowerH975הָיָהhayahit will becomeH1961בְעַדve'adbehindH1157מְעָרוֹתme'arotcavesH4631עַד־'ad-untilH5704עוֹלָםolamperpetuityH5769מְשׂוֹשׂmesosa joy ofH4885פְּרָאִיםpera'imwild donkeysH6501מִרְעֵהmir'eha pasture ofH4829עֲדָרִים׃'adarimflocksH5739
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