Parallel Verses

King James Version

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

New American Standard Bible

The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word.

Holman Bible

The earth will be stripped completely bare
and will be totally plundered,
for the Lord has spoken this message.

International Standard Version

The earth will be utterly depopulated and completely laid waste for the LORD has spoken this message.

A Conservative Version

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste, for LORD has spoken this word.

American Standard Version

The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Amplified

The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the Lord has spoken this word.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Julia Smith Translation

Being emptied, the land shall be emptied: and being plundered, it shall be plundered: for Jehovah spake this word.

King James 2000

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly plundered: for the LORD has spoken this word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The earth shall be utterly laid waste, and it shall be utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.

Modern King James verseion

The land shall be completely emptied, and utterly stripped; for Jehovah has spoken this Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea miserably shall the world be wasted and clean destroyed. For the LORD hath so determined in himself.

NET Bible

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

New Heart English Bible

The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.

The Emphasized Bible

Emptied - emptied - shall be the earth yea pillaged - pillaged, - For, Yahweh, hath spoken this word.

Webster

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

World English Bible

The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

Youngs Literal Translation

Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

בּקק 
Baqaq 
Usage: 9

בּקק 
Baqaq 
Usage: 9

and utterly
בּזז 
Bazaz 
Usage: 43

בּזז 
Bazaz 
Usage: 43

for the Lord

Usage: 0

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

The Judgment On The Earth

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:11

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Isaiah 24:1

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Leviticus 26:30-35

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deuteronomy 29:23

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Deuteronomy 29:28

And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

2 Chronicles 36:21

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Isaiah 21:17

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

Isaiah 22:25

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Jeremiah 13:15

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

Ezekiel 36:4

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

Micah 4:4

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

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