Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
New American Standard Bible
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
King James Version
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Holman Bible
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
International Standard Version
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
A Conservative Version
In my ears [says] LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
American Standard Version
In mine ears'saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Amplified
In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ears of Jehovah of armies, If not many houses shall be for desolation, great and good from none dwelling.
King James 2000
In my hearing said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh of hosts [said] in my ears: {Surely} many houses shall become a desolation, large and beautiful [ones] without inhabitant.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah of Hosts swore in my ears, Truly many houses shall be deserted, big and fair, without inhabitant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear: Shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them?
NET Bible
The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
New Heart English Bible
In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
The Emphasized Bible
In mine ears, said Yahweh of hosts, - Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant;
Webster
In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
World English Bible
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Youngs Literal Translation
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
Themes
Desolation » What shall be desolate
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces existing corruptions
Interlinear
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Rab
Bayith
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
8 Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! 9 In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.
Cross References
Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
Isaiah 22:14
And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Isaiah 5:6
and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 6:11-12
And I said, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be wasted, without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land become an utter desolation,
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs.
Amos 3:7
But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11
Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
Amos 6:11
For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Matthew 22:7
And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.