to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purposeגוֹיִם֙
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsלִשְׁמֹ֔עַ
shâmaʻ
to/for — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים
lᵉʼôm
and — a communityהַקְשִׁ֑יבוּ
qâshab
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearkenתִּשְׁמַ֤ע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)הָאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
the — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ
mᵉlôʼ
and — fulness (literally or figuratively)תֵּבֵ֖ל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestineוְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)צֶאֱצָאֶֽיהָ
tseʼĕtsâʼ
issue, i.e. produce, children
Isaiah 34:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all that is in it hear, and the world and all that comes forth from it.
This oracle widens its address beyond one nation to "all nations" and "the earth" itself, echoing the whole-earth scope already set by the Isaiah Apocalypse in chapters 24-27.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all that is in it hear, and the world and all that comes forth from it.”
This oracle widens its address beyond one nation to "all nations" and "the earth" itself, echoing the whole-earth scope already set by the Isaiah Apocalypse in chapters 24-27.