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Bible in Basic English

And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.

New American Standard Bible

Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares the Lord God.

King James Version

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Holman Bible

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

International Standard Version

and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.

A Conservative Version

And I will make the land desolate because they have committed a trespass, says lord LORD.

American Standard Version

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Amplified

I will make the land desolate (ruined, deserted), because they have acted unfaithfully [through their idolatry],’ says the Lord God.”

Darby Translation

And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

And I gave the land a desolation, because they transgressed a transgression, says the Lord Jehovah.

King James 2000

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will make the land desolation because {they acted very unfaithfully}!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

And I will make the land to be desolate, because they have committed a treacherous act, says the Lord Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and make the Land waste, because they have sore offended, sayeth the LORD God.

NET Bible

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord."

New Heart English Bible

I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the Lord GOD."

The Emphasized Bible

I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, - because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.

Webster

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will make
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

שׁממה שׁממה 
Sh@mamah 
Usage: 57

מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 36

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

Context Readings

Jerusalem A Useless Vine

7 And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them. 8 And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.


Cross References

Ezekiel 6:14

And my hand will be stretched out against them, making the land waste and unpeopled, from the waste land to Riblah, through all their living-places: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:14-16

And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,

Isaiah 24:3-12

The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:10-11

And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.

Ezekiel 14:13-21

Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:

Ezekiel 17:20

My net will be stretched out over him, and he will be taken in my cords, and I will send him to Babylon, and there I will be his judge for the wrong which he has done against me.

Ezekiel 33:29

Then they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a waste and a cause of wonder, because of all the disgusting things which they have done,

Zephaniah 1:18

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

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