Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The sword will whirl against their cities,
And will demolish their gate bars
And consume them because of their counsels.

King James Version

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Holman Bible

A sword will whirl through his cities;
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,
because of their schemes.

International Standard Version

The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.

A Conservative Version

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

American Standard Version

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them , because of their own counsels.

Amplified


The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities,
And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications
And will consume them because of their counsels.

Bible in Basic English

And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.

Darby Translation

and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Julia Smith Translation

And the sword was polished in his cities, and it consumed his branches, and devoured from their counsels.

King James 2000

And the sword shall rage against his cities, and shall consume his districts, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] sword rages in his cities; it consumes his false prophets and devours because of their plans.

Modern King James verseion

And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore shall the sword begin in their cities, the store that they have laid up shall be destroyed and eaten up: and that because of their own imaginations.

NET Bible

A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

New Heart English Bible

The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore shall the sword, rage, in his cities, and make an end of his multitudes, and consume them, - because of their counsels.

Webster

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

World English Bible

The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

Youngs Literal Translation

Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

on his cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and devour
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

References

Fausets

Context Readings

God Will Have Compassion

5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king because they refused to be converted. 6 The sword will whirl against their cities,
And will demolish their gate bars
And consume them because of their counsels.
7 Meanwhile, my people adhere to the rebellion against me though they call unto me upon High; absolutely none at all wish to exalt me.

Cross References

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall be condemned; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.

Hosea 10:6

It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to King Jareb: Ephraim shall be ashamed, and Israel shall be confused at his own counsel.

Hosea 10:14

Therefore, in thy peoples a tumult shall arise, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her sons.

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your suave incense.

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the Gentiles and will draw out a sword after you, and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.

Deuteronomy 28:52

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates until thy high and fenced walls come down, in which thou dost trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God has given thee.

Deuteronomy 32:25

The sword without and terror within shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Psalm 80:11-16

She sent out her boughs unto the sea and her branches unto the river.

Psalm 106:39

Thus they were defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Psalm 106:43

He delivered them many times, but they rebelled at his counsel and were brought low for their iniquity.

Isaiah 9:14

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the fruit is perfect, and after the flower is past and the fruit is mature, then he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks and take away and cut down the branches.

Isaiah 27:10

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

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the sons that leave, saith the LORD, to make counsel, but not of me; to cover themselves with a covering, and not by my spirit, adding sin unto sin!

Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thine harvest and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees; and thy fenced cities, in which thou dost trust, they shall bring to nothing with the sword.

Ezekiel 15:2-7

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree? What is the branch among the trees of the forest?

Ezekiel 20:47

and thou shalt say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD. Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I kindle a fire in thee, which shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree; the flame of the fire shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Micah 5:11

and I will cause all the cities of thy land to be destroyed, and I will cause all thy fortresses to be destroyed:

Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day comes that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of the hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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