Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

New American Standard Bible

All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

King James Version

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

International Standard Version

All the nations will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'

A Conservative Version

even all the nations shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land? What is the meaning of the heat of this great anger?

American Standard Version

even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Amplified

All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Bible in Basic English

Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

Darby Translation

even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

Julia Smith Translation

And all the nations said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

King James 2000

Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'

Modern King James verseion

even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And then all nations also say, "Wherefore hath the LORD done of this fashion unto this land? O how fierce is this great wrath?'

NET Bible

Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

New Heart English Bible

even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

The Emphasized Bible

yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?

Webster

Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

World English Bible

even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

Youngs Literal Translation

yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

חרי 
Choriy 
Usage: 6

of this great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Abandoning The Covenant

23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in His fierce anger. 24 All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ 25 Then people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which He had made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.



Cross References

Jeremiah 22:8-9

“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’

1 Kings 9:8-9

Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will mock. They will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?

2 Chronicles 7:21-22

As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say: Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?

Lamentations 2:15-17

ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?

Lamentations 4:12

ל LamedThe kings of the earth
and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe
that an enemy or adversary
could enter Jerusalem’s gates.

Ezekiel 14:23

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done what I did to it.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

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