Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

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.

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 They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return to me . 6 And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them , because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him .

Cross References

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath 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 up.

Hosea 10:6

It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Hosea 10:14

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

Leviticus 26:33

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

Deuteronomy 28:52

And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 32:25

Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

Psalm 80:11-16

It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

Psalm 106:39

Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.

Psalm 106:43

Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

Isaiah 9:14

Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

Jeremiah 5:17

And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

Ezekiel 15:2-7

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

Ezekiel 20:47

and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

Micah 5:11

and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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