Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

New American Standard Bible

For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

King James Version

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

Holman Bible

for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.

International Standard Version

and over the land of my people overgrown with thorns and briers yes, over all the houses of merriment and over this city of revelry.

A Conservative Version

Thorns and briers shall come up on the land of my people, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

American Standard Version

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Amplified


For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Darby Translation

Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Julia Smith Translation

Upon the land of my people shall come up the thorn of the sharp point; so upon the houses of rejoicing of the exulting city.

King James 2000

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the joyous houses in the joyous city:

Lexham Expanded Bible

over the soil of my people. It goes up [in] thorns [and] briers, indeed over all of [the] houses of joy [in the] jubilant city.

Modern King James verseion

On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My people's field shall bring thorns and thistles, for in every house is voluptuousness; and in the cities, willfulness.

NET Bible

Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.

New Heart English Bible

Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

The Emphasized Bible

Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow, - Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!

Webster

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; also, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

World English Bible

Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Youngs Literal Translation

Over the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Upon the land
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

of my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

shall come up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

קץ קוץ 
Qowts 
Usage: 12

and briers
שׁמיר 
Shamiyr 
Usage: 11

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of joy
משׂושׂ 
Masows 
Usage: 17

in the joyous
עלּיז 
`alliyz 
Usage: 7

Context Readings

Against The Carefree Women

12 Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine; 13 And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town. 14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;


Cross References

Isaiah 22:2

You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.

Isaiah 7:23

And it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.

Isaiah 34:13

And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

Hosea 9:6

For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.

Psalm 107:34

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,

Isaiah 22:12-13

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Jeremiah 39:8

And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.

Hosea 10:8

And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.

Revelation 18:7-8

As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.

Jump To Previous

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain