Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 For people will be beating their breasts in mourning over the pleasant fields, over the fruitful vines, 13 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. 14 "For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,


Cross References

Isaiah 22:2

you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.

Isaiah 7:23

"At that time, every place where once there were a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briars and thorns will grow.

Isaiah 34:13

Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.

Hosea 9:6

Look! They have gone away because of the destruction Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their inheritance, and thorns will grow in their tents.

Psalm 107:34

and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Isaiah 5:6

I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked, "For how long, LORD?" He replied: "Until cities lie waste, without inhabitants, and houses without people; and the land becomes utterly desolate.

Isaiah 22:12-13

On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Hosea 10:8

Destroyed will be the high places of Aven, that are the sin of Israel. Both thorn and thistle will grow up over their altars. They will call out to the mountains, "Cover us!' and to the hills, "Fall on us!'

Revelation 18:7-8

Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'

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