Isaiah 55:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Young's Literal Translation
Instead of the thorn come up doth fir, Instead of the brier come up doth myrtle, And it hath been to Jehovah for a name, For a sign age-during—it is not cut off!

King James Bible
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.

Hebrew
Instead of
תַּ֤חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the thornbush,
הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ (han·na·‘ă·ṣūṣ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5285: A brier, a thicket of thorny bushes

a cypress
בְר֔וֹשׁ (ḇə·rō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument

will grow,
יַעֲלֶ֣ה (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

and instead of
וְתַ֥חַת (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the brier,
הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד (has·sir·paḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5636: Nettle (a desert plant)

a myrtle
הֲדַ֑ס (hă·ḏas)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1918: Myrtle (tree)

will spring up;
יַעֲלֶ֣ה (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

they will make
וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a name
לְשֵׁ֔ם (lə·šêm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

for the LORD
לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

as an everlasting
עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

sign,
לְא֥וֹת (lə·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

never
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to be destroyed.”
יִכָּרֵֽת׃ (yik·kā·rêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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