Isaiah 34:17
17 He assigns them their allotment; ▼he measures out their assigned place. ▼
▼ Heb “and his hand divides for them with a measuring line.” The pronominal suffix (“them”) now switches to masculine plural, referring to all the animals and birds mentioned in vv. 11–15, some of which were identified with masculine nouns. This signals closure for this portion of the speech, which began in v. 11. The following couplet (v. 17b) forms an inclusio with v. 11a through verbal repetition.
They will live there ▼
▼ Heb “will possess it” (so NIV); NCV “they will own that land forever.”
permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.
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