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Isaiah 34:1

קִרְב֤וּ
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
גוֹיִם֙
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ
shâmaʻ
to/for — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים
lᵉʼôm
and — a community
הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּ
qâshab
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
תִּשְׁמַ֤ע
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, Palestine
וְכָל
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)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
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.
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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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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.
Isaiah 34:1
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