Isaiah 25:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For You have madeשַׂ֤מְתָּ
(sam·ta)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
a cityמֵעִיר֙
(me·'ir)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
into a heap,לַגָּ֔ל
(lag·gal,)
1530: a heap, wave, billowfrom galal
A fortifiedבְצוּרָ֖ה
(ve·tzu·rah)
1219: to cut off, make inaccessible, enclosea prim. root
cityקִרְיָ֥ה
(kir·yah)
7151: a town, cityfrom qarah
into a ruin;לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה
(le·map·pe·lah;)
4654b: a ruinfrom naphal
A palaceאַרְמֹ֤ון
(ar·mo·vn)
759: a citadelof uncertain derivation
of strangersזָרִים֙
(za·rim)
2114a: to be a strangera prim. root
is a cityמֵעִ֔יר
(me·'ir,)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
no more, 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
It will neverלְעֹולָ֖ם
(le·'o·v·lam)
5769: long duration, antiquity, futurityfrom an unused word
be rebuilt.יִבָּנֶֽה׃
(yib·ba·neh.)
1129: to builda prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
For thou hast made
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
of a city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
an heap
gal  (gal)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves) -- billow, heap, spring, wave.
of a defenced
batsar  (baw-tsar')
to clip off; to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
city
qiryah  (kir-yaw')
a city -- city.
a ruin
mappalah  (map-paw-law')
something fallen, i.e. a ruin -- ruin(-ous).
a palace
'armown  (ar-mone')
a citadel (from its height) -- castle, palace.
of strangers
zuwr  (zoor)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
to be no city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
it shall never
`owlam  (o-lawm')
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
be built
banah  (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt.

King James Bible
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For 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.

International Standard Version
For you have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified city into a ruin; the foreigners' citadel is no longer a city— it will never be rebuilt!

NET Bible
Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have turned cities into ruins, fortified cities into piles of rubble, and foreigners' palaces into cities that will never be rebuilt.

King James 2000 Bible
For you have made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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