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emptiness

Meaning of “emptiness”

Desolation or vacancy.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Isaiah 34:11

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Isaiah 34:11
¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:11 · retained source text

¶ The cormorant and the bitterne shall possesse it, the owle also and the rauen shall dwell in it, and he shall stretch out vpon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptinesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, pellicane.

1611 marginal noteZeph.2.14. reuel. 18.2.

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