Isaiah 32:14

Isaiah 32:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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;
• New International Version (NIV)The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

Context of Isaiah 32:14

12Beat your breasts in mourning for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines, 13for the ground of my people growing thorns and briers, indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city. For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places forever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks, 15until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest. 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

Isaiah 32:14 word by word

כִּֽי־אַרְמ֣וֹן נֻטָּ֔שׁ הֲמ֥וֹן עִ֖יר עֻזָּ֑ב עֹ֣פֶל וָבַ֜חַן הָיָ֨ה בְעַ֤ד מְעָרוֹת֙ עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ פְּרָאִ֖ים מִרְעֵ֥ה עֲדָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: palaceH759
• shall be forsakenנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall be leftעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the fortsעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · hillH6076
• and towersבַּ֫חַןbachan · watchtowerH975
• shall be for densמְעָרָהme‛ârâh · caveH4631
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• a joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• of wild assesפֶּ֫רֶאpere' pereh · wild donkeyH6501
• a pastureמִרְעֶהmir‛eh · pastureH4829
• of flocksעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · flockH5739

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:14

• Isaiah 5:9I heard the Lord of Armies say: Indeed, many houses will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
• Isaiah 24:1Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
• Isaiah 25:2For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.
• Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
• 2 Kings 25:9He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
• Luke 21:20“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.
• Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
• Isaiah 34:11Eagle owls and herons will possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there. The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a plumb line over her for her destruction and chaos.
• Revelation 18:2He called out in a mighty voice: It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The palaces shall be forsaken - The house of the sanctuary (the temple) shall be destroyed. - Targum. The forts "Ophel" - It was a part of Mount Zion, rising higher than the rest, at the eastern extremity, near to the temple, a little to the south of it; called by Micah, Micah 4:8, "Ophel of the daughter of Zion. "It was naturally strong by its situation; and had a wall of its own, by which it was separated from the rest of Zion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Because the palaces shall be forsaken - That is, the palaces in the cities and towns which Sennacherib would lay waste. Or, if it refers, as Lowth supposes, to the invasion of the land in the time of the Chaldeans, then it relates to the palaces in Jerusalem. Vitringa supposes that the temple at Jerusalem is particularly designated by the word rendered palaces. But that is not the usual word to denote the temlple, and it is not necessary to suppose that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there will be good times. The present…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The Babylonians, not the Assyrians, eventually destroyed Jerusalem (see Isaiah 39:1–8 for a prediction of this).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:14

• Armies
• Ass (Donkey)
• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War

In the dictionaries

• Ass
• Churl
• Reign
• Hill, Hill Country
• Isaiah
• Ophel
• Relationships, Family
• Watch-Tour

Commentaries on Isaiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings