Isaiah 14:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

Young's Literal Translation
He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

King James Bible
[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?

Hebrew
who turned
שָׂ֥ם (śām)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the world
תֵּבֵ֛ל (tê·ḇêl)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8398: The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land

into a desert
כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (kam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

and destroyed
הָרָ֑ס (hā·rās)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

its cities,
וְעָרָ֣יו (wə·‘ā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

who refused
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to let
פָ֥תַח (p̄ā·ṯaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the captives
אֲסִירָ֖יו (’ă·sî·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 615: A bondman, prisoner

return to their homes?”
בָּֽיְתָה׃ (bā·yə·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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