Isaiah 5:9
The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
KJV1611 – Modern English
In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Truly many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
In mine ears{H241} [saith] Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} Of a truth{H3808} many{H7227} houses{H1004} shall be desolate,{H8047} even great{H1419} and fair,{H2896} without inhabitant.{H3427}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
In mine ears{H241} said the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Of a truth{H3808} many{H7227} houses{H1004} shall be desolate{H8047}, even great{H1419} and fair{H2896}, without inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus i myne eare: shal not many greater and more gorgions houses be so waist, that no man shall dwell in the?
Geneva Bible (1560)
This is in mine cares, saith the Lorde of hostes. Surely many houses shall be desolate, euen great, and faire without inhabitant.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
These thynges are in the eares of the Lorde of hoastes: of a trueth great and faire houses shalbe without any dweller in them.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.
Webster's Bible (1833)
In my ears, Yahweh of Hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, Even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
American Standard Version (1901)
In mine ears `saith' Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
American Standard Version (1901)
In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
World English Bible (2000)
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 23:38 : 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
- Isa 22:14 : 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
- Isa 27:10 : 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.
- Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets.
- Amos 5:11 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
- Amos 6:11 : 11 For the LORD has given the command: The great house will be shattered into pieces, and the small house into bits.
- Matt 22:7 : 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
- 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 This happened to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the time of its desolation it rested, to fulfill seventy years.
- Isa 5:6 : 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
- 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.
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
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13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.
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11 For the LORD has given the command: The great house will be shattered into pieces, and the small house into bits.
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5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by Myself—declares the LORD—that this palace will become a ruin.
6 For this is what the LORD says about the house of the king of Judah: Though you are like Gilead to me, like the peak of Lebanon, yet I will surely make you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.
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9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.
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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.
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12 Their houses will be turned over to others, along with their fields and wives. For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.
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15 I will strike down the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the Lord.
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11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
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3 The earth will be utterly laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word.
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10 This is what the Lord says: You say of this place, 'It is desolate, without people or animals,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, without people, inhabitants, or animals.
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8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?'
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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.
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11 They have made it a desolation, and it mourns before me. The whole land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.
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37 The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.
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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.
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8 Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will become alienated from you and make you a desolation, a land uninhabited.
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11 To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.
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1 Listen to this word that I am raising against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.
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4 On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'
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21 This temple, which was so exalted, will be appalling to every passerby who sees it. They will say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'
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20 The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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20 Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:
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4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,
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3 For this is what the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand will have a hundred left, and the one that goes out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.
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17 Gather up your belongings from the land, you who live under siege.
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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.
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10 O my threshed people and my people crushed on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.