Isaiah 13:20
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.”
שָׁכַן
Dwell, settle, tabernacle. Shakan. To settle and make a home. God desires to dwell among His people. He still seeks hearts to dwell in today.
יָשַׁב
it will remain
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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רָבַץ
they will make lie down
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רָבַץ
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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דּוֹר
a generation
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דּוֹר
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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עֲרָבִי
an Arab
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עֲרָבִי
an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
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