Verse 10

The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den forlatte byen vil ligge øde, som en uttørket ørken. Kalven vil beite der, ligge der og spise av greinene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men den befestede byen skal bli forlatt, en bolig forlatt og forlatt som en ørken; der skal kalvene beite, der skal de legge seg ned og spise opp greinene.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel skal den befestede byen stå forlatt, og boligene være øde, som en ødemark; der skal kalven beite, og der skal han ligge ned og fortære greinene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den befestede byen skal bli øde, den vakre boligen forlatt som en ørken; der skal kalver beite, der skal de ligge og ete opp kvistene dens.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den befestede byen vil bli øde, forlatte felt blir til en ørken hvor kalvene beiter og hviler, og de vil tømme dens grener.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Likevel skal den befestede byen bli øde, og boligene forlatte, og etterlatt som en ørken: der skal kalven beite, og der skal den ligge ned, og konsumere dens grener.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel skal den befestede byen bli øde, og boligene forlates, liggende som en ødemark; der skal kalven beite, der skal den legge seg, og forbruke grenene.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Likevel skal den befestede byen bli øde, og boligene forlatte, og etterlatt som en ørken: der skal kalven beite, og der skal den ligge ned, og konsumere dens grener.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For den befestede byen skal være ensom, en forlatt bolig, en ørken. Der skal kalven beite, og der skal den legge seg ned og fortære dens greiner.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den befestede byen skal bli forlatt, et øde bosted, forlatt som ødemarken. Der skal kalven beite, og der skal den ligge og fortære dens greiner.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi den faste Stad (skal blive) eenlig, den (deilige) Bolig skal være bortkastet og forladt som Ørken; der skulle Kalve gaae i Græs, og der skulle de ligge og fortære dens Qviste.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Likevel skal den befestede byen være øde, og boligen forlatt og ligge som en villmark: der skal kalven beite, og der skal den legge seg og fortære grenene.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For den befestede byen er ensom, en bolig forlatt og forlatt, som en ørken; der skal kalven spise, og der skal den ligge og fortære dens grener.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For den befestede byen står alene, en boplass kassert og forlatt som en ørken, der kalven finner glede. Og der legger den seg ned, og dens grener blir fortært.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For den befestede byen er ensom, en bosted forlatt og forlatt, som en ørken: der skal kalven beite, der skal den legge seg, og fortære dens grener.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For den sterke byen er uten mennesker, et folketomt bosted; og hun har blitt en ødemark: der vil den unge oksen hvile, og dens grener vil være mat for ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The stronge cities shalbe desolate, and ye fayre cities shalbe left like a wildernes. The catel shal fede and lie there, and the shepe shal eate it vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet the defenced citie shalbe desolate, and the habitation shalbe forsaken, and left like a wildernes. There shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie, and consume the branches thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Els shall the strong citie be desolate, and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse: there shall the Calfe feede, and there shall he lye, and eate vp the graffes therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the fenced city `is' alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the wilderness. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 17:2 : 2 The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be places for flocks, where they will lie down, and no one will disturb them.
• Isa 17:9 : 9 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.
• Jer 26:6 : 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations on earth.'
• Jer 26:18 : 18 'Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mount will become overgrown with thickets.”'
• Isa 32:13-14 : 13 The land of my people will be covered with thorns and briers, indeed over all the joyful houses in the jubilant city. 14 For the palace will be deserted, the bustling city abandoned; the hill and the watchtower will become wastelands forever—a delight for wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks.
• Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
• Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side. 44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.
• Luke 21:20-24 : 20 When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not enter it. 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled. 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Isa 64:10 : 10 Our holy and glorious house, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
• Lam 1:4 : 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
• Lam 2:5-9 : 5 The Lord appeared like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed all her palaces, destroyed her strongholds, and filled the daughter of Judah with mourning and lamentation. 6 He has violently done away with his dwelling, as if it were a garden, destroying his appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused Zion to forget its appointed times and Sabbaths. In his fierce anger, he has despised king and priest alike. 7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival. 8 The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not turn back his hand from destroying. He caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together. 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
• Lam 5:18 : 18 Mount Zion, which lies desolate, is now roamed by foxes.
• Ezek 36:4 : 4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:
• Isa 25:2 : 2 For you have turned the city into a heap of ruins, the fortified city into rubble; the palace of foreigners will never be rebuilt.
• Isa 5:9-9 : 9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants. 10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield only a single bath of wine, and a homer of seed will produce merely an ephah of grain.
• Isa 6:11-12 : 11 Then I said, "For how long, Lord?" And He replied, "Until cities lie ruined without inhabitants, houses are unoccupied, and the land is desolate and devastated. 12 The LORD will drive the people far away, and the abandonment in the land will be great.
• Isa 7:25 : 25 As for all the hills once cultivated with a hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep run freely.