The Meaning of Isaiah 32:19 Explained

Isaiah 32:19

KJV: When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

YLT: And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

Darby: And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

ASV: But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

Discover Isaiah 32:19

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 32:19?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 32:19 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 32:19 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 32:19?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When it shall hail,  coming down  on the forest;  and the city  shall be low  in a low place. 

What does Isaiah 32:19 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The forest is a figure of soldiers ( Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 10:33-34) and of the fallen world ( Isaiah 2:12-13). The city refers to Jerusalem, but it also represents humankind organized in rebellion against God ( Isaiah 24:10). Thus both the near and the far views of God"s actions blend here. God will destroy, the hail representing His devastating intervention in human life, both the Assyrian soldiers soon and the fallen world later (cf. Isaiah 10:34). He would devastate Jerusalem soon and rebellious humankind later.

Context Summary

Isaiah 32:9-20 - The Fruits Of Righteousness
When Christ's kingdom is set up it will bring dismay to the poor children of fashion. For more days than there are in the year will they be troubled, Isaiah 32:10, and will smite on their breasts in lamentation, Isaiah 32:12. The prediction of Isaiah 32:15-20 includes Pentecost, and looks forward to the era which lies immediately beyond this travail of the world. What is now reckoned as a fruitful field will be regarded as a barren forest in comparison with what shall then exist. Let us remember that righteousness must precede peace. See Matthew 5:24 and Hebrews 7:2. When God's judgments are hurtling through the air, and proud cities are being leveled to the earth, let us take refuge in His loving care. In Him are our safe dwellings and our quiet resting-places. But when the world is most unquiet, let us pursue our work of salvation; for when waters overflow the banks of the river, oxen and asses may still be sent forth to make furrows for the harvest seed. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 32

1  The blessings of Christ's kingdom
9  Desolation is foreshown
14  Restoration is promised to succeed

What do the individual words in Isaiah 32:19 mean?

And Though hail comes down on the forest and in humiliation is brought low the city
וּבָרַ֖ד בְּרֶ֣דֶת הַיָּ֑עַר וּבַשִּׁפְלָ֖ה תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל הָעִֽיר

וּבָרַ֖ד  And  Though  hail 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּרַד  
Sense: (Qal) to hail.
בְּרֶ֣דֶת  comes  down 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
הַיָּ֑עַר  on  the  forest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.
וּבַשִּׁפְלָ֖ה  and  in  humiliation 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׁפְלָה  
Sense: lowliness, humiliation, a low place.
תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל  is  brought  low 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁפֵל  
Sense: to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased.
הָעִֽיר  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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