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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou makest of towns, heaps of stone; and of head
New American Standard Bible
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It will never be rebuilt.
King James Version
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Holman Bible
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians
it will never be rebuilt.
International Standard Version
For you have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified city into a ruin; the foreigners' citadel is no longer a city it will never be rebuilt!
A Conservative Version
For thou have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It shall never be built.
American Standard Version
For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Amplified
For You have made a city into a heap [of trash],
A fortified city into a ruin;
A palace of
It will never be rebuilt.
Bible in Basic English
For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
Darby Translation
For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou didst set from a city to a heap, a fortified city to ruins: a palace of strangers from a city; it shall not be built forever.
King James 2000
For you have made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have {made} [the] city heap, [the] fortified city a ruin, [the] palace of foreigners {is no longer} a city; it will {never} be rebuilt.
Modern King James verseion
For You have made a heap from a city; a fortified city into a ruin; a citadel of foreigners to be no city; it shall never be built.
NET Bible
Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.
New Heart English Bible
For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou hast made, of a citadel, a mound, of a defenced city, a ruin, - palaces for foreigners to be no city, To times age-abiding, shall it not be built.
Webster
For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
World English Bible
For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from being a city, To the age it is not built.
Themes
Cities » Were frequently » Made heaps of ruins
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 25:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Salvation
1 O LORD, thou art my God, I will praise thee, and magnify thy name: For thou bringest marvelous things to pass, according to thine old counsels, truly and steadfastly. 2 Thou makest of towns, heaps of stone; and of head 3 Therefore shall the mighty people give glory unto thee, and the cities of the cruel Heathen must fear thee.
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Cross References
Isaiah 17:1
This is the heavy burden upon Damascus: Behold, Damascus shall be no more a city, but a heap of broken stones.
Isaiah 13:22
the little owls shall cry in the palaces, one after another, and Dragons shall be in their pleasant parlors. And as for Babylon's time, it is at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 25:12
The stronghold also, and defense of thy walls hath he overthrown and cast down: and brought them to the ground, even into the dust.
Deuteronomy 13:16
And gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the streets thereof, and burn with fire: both the city and all the spoil thereof every whit unto the LORD thy God. And it shall be a heap forever and shall not be built again.
Isaiah 14:23
and will give it to the Otters, and will make water puddles of it. and I will sweep them out with the broom of destruction, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 17:3
Ephraim shall no more be strong, and Damascus shall no more be a kingdom. And as for the glory of the remnant of the Syrians, it shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 21:9
And behold, here cometh a chariot of men with two horsemen." And he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! She is turned upside down, and all the images of her gods are smitten to the ground!"
Isaiah 23:13
Behold, for thine example: The Chaldeans were such a people, that no man was like them, Assyria builded them: he set up his castles and palaces, and broke them down again.
Jeremiah 51:26
so that neither cornerstones, nor pinnacles, nor foundation stones shall be taken any more out of thee, but waste and desolate shalt thou lie for evermore, sayeth the LORD.
Nahum 3:12-15
All thy strong cities shall be like fig trees with ripe figs: which when a man shaketh, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
Revelation 18:2-3
And he cried mightily with a strong voice saying, "Great Babylon is fallen is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of all foul spirits, and a cage of all unclean and hateful birds,
Revelation 18:19
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping, and wailing, and said, 'Alas, Alas, that great city wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by the reason of her costliness, for at one hour is she made desolate.'