Isaiah 44:14
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
In other translations
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Hebrew words
לִכְרָת־likhrot-to cut downH3772לוֹlofor <the> himselfאֲרָזִים'arazimcedarsH730וַיִּקַּחvaiyikachand he tookH3947תִּרְזָהtirzaha cypressH8645וְאַלּוֹןve'alonand an oakH437וַיְאַמֶּץ־vay'ametz-and he strengthened [it]H553לוֹlofor <the> himselfבַּעֲצֵי־ba'atzei-among [the] trees ofH6086יָעַרya'ar[the] forestH3293נָטַעnata'he plantsH5193אֹרֶן'orenlaurelH766וְגֶשֶׁםvegeshemand rainH1653יְגַדֵּל׃yegadelit makes [it] growH1431
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Related verses
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- Hosea 4:12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
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