Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.
New American Standard Bible
And overthrew its cities,
Who
King James Version
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Holman Bible
who destroyed its cities
and would not release the prisoners to return home?”
International Standard Version
who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?'
A Conservative Version
who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
American Standard Version
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
Amplified
Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’
Darby Translation
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that dismissed not his prisoners homewards?
Julia Smith Translation
Setting the habitable globe as a desert, and destroying its cities: for his bound opening not the house.
King James 2000
That made the world like a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Lexham Expanded Bible
who made [the] world like the desert and destroyed its cities, [who] would not let his prisoners go home?'
Modern King James verseion
who made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; who did not open the house for his prisoners?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Is this he that made the world in a manner waste, and laid the cities to the ground, which let not his prisoners go home?"
NET Bible
Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'
New Heart English Bible
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who did not release his prisoners to their home?"
The Emphasized Bible
Who made the world like a desert And its cities, brake down? Its prisoners, he loosed not. Bach one to his home.
Webster
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
World English Bible
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
Themes
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Destruction of
Babylon » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » The burden of babylon
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denunciation against the philistines
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 14:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon
16 Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms? 17 Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house. 18 All the kings of the earth are at rest in glory, every man in his house,
Cross References
Joel 2:3
Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.
Isaiah 45:13
I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.
2 Chronicles 28:8-15
And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.
Ezra 1:2-4
These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Isaiah 13:19-22
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
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.
Zephaniah 2:13-14
And his hand will be stretched out against the north, for the destruction of Assyria; and he will make Nineveh unpeopled and dry like the waste land.