Isaiah 49:19

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Complete Jewish Bible:

For your desolate places and ruins and your devastated land will be too cramped for those living in it; your devourers will be far away.

Berean Standard Bible:

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

American Standard Version:

For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For thy waste{H2723} and thy desolate places{H8074}, and the land{H776} of thy destruction{H2035}, shall even now be too narrow{H3334} by reason of the inhabitants{H3427}, and they that swallowed thee up{H1104} shall be far away{H7368}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Zechariah 10:10

  • I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.

Isaiah 54:1

  • ¶ Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 54:2

  • Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Jeremiah 30:18

  • ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Jeremiah 30:19

  • And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Psalms 56:1

  • ¶ To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Psalms 56:2

  • Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.

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Commentary for Isaiah 49:19

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2723
    There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חׇרְבָּה
    Transliteration: chorbâh
    Pronunciation: khor-baw'
    Description: feminine of חֹרֶב; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation; decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
  2. Strong's Number: H8074
    There are 87 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁמֵם
    Transliteration: shâmêm
    Pronunciation: shaw-mame'
    Description: a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
  3. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  4. Strong's Number: H2035
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הֲרִיסוּת
    Transliteration: hărîyçûwth
    Pronunciation: har-ee-sooth'
    Description: from הָרַס; demolition; destruction.
  5. Strong's Number: H3334
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָצַר
    Transliteration: yâtsar
    Pronunciation: yaw-tsar'
    Description: a primitive root; to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress; be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
  6. Strong's Number: H3427
    There are 980 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָשַׁב
    Transliteration: yâshab
    Pronunciation: yaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  7. Strong's Number: H1104
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּלַע
    Transliteration: bâlaʻ
    Pronunciation: baw-lah'
    Description: a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy; cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
  8. Strong's Number: H7368
    There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָחַק
    Transliteration: râchaq
    Pronunciation: raw-khak'
    Description: a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).