Isaiah 29:4
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Thou shalt be brought down, thou shall speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the earth thy speech shall mutter.

thou shalt

Isaiah 2:11-21 The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. . . .

Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.

Isaiah 51:23 And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.

Psalm 44:25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.

Lamentations 1:9 Teth. Her filthiness is on her feet, and she hath not remembered her end; she is wonderfully cast down, not having a comforter: behold, O Lord, my affliction, because the enemy is lifted up.

whisper.

Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?

Context
Woe to the City of David
3And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee. 4Thou shalt be brought down, thou shall speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the earth thy speech shall mutter.5And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.…
Cross References
Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?

Isaiah 32:19
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

Isaiah 52:2
Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit up, O Jerusalem: loose the bonds from off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.

Lexicon
You will be brought low,
וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ (wə·šā·p̄alt)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8213: To be or become low, to be abased

you will speak
תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי (tə·ḏab·bê·rî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

from the ground,
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and out of the dust
וּמֵֽעָפָ֖ר (ū·mê·‘ā·p̄ār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

your words
אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ (’im·rā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 565: Utterance, speech, word

will be muffled.
תִּשַּׁ֣ח (tiš·šaḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7817: To bow, be bowed down, crouch

Your voice
קוֹלֵ֔ךְ (qō·w·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

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

like a spirit
כְּא֤וֹב (kə·’ō·wḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 178: A bottle (made from animal skin), a necromancer

from the ground;
מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ (mê·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

your speech
אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ (’im·rā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 565: Utterance, speech, word

will whisper
תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃ (tə·ṣap̄·ṣêp̄)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6850: To chirp, peep

out of the dust.
וּמֵעָפָ֖ר (ū·mê·‘ā·p̄ār)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud


Additional Translations
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust, and your voice shall be, as of one that has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

And thy words shall be brought down to the earth, and thy words shall sink down to the earth, and thy voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth, and thy voice shall be lowered to the ground.

And thou shalt be brought low, thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall come low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.

And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest,
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