Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

But hail will level the forest,
and the city will sink into the depths.

New American Standard Bible

And it will hail when the forest comes down,
And the city will be utterly laid low.

King James Version

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

International Standard Version

But it will hail when the forest comes down, and the wood will be leveled completely.

A Conservative Version

But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest, and the city shall be utterly laid low.

American Standard Version

But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

Amplified


But it will hail, when the forest comes down,
And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation.

Bible in Basic English

But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

Darby Translation

And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

Julia Smith Translation

And the hail hailing upon the forest; and the city shall be made low in lowness.

King James 2000

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be brought low in humiliation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it hails when {the forest comes down}, and the city will become low in humiliation.

Modern King James verseion

Though it hails, when the forest is felled, and the city laid low.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when the hail falleth, it shall fall in the wood and in the city.

NET Bible

Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,

New Heart English Bible

Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

The Emphasized Bible

But it shall hail during the felling of the forest, And in a sunken place, shall, the city, sink.

Webster

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

World English Bible

Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּרד 
Barad 
to hail
Usage: 1

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

on the forest
יער 
Ya`ar 
Usage: 58

and the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

shall be low
שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

References

Context Readings

Against The Carefree Women

18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
19 But hail will level the forest,
and the city will sink into the depths.
20 Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.

Isaiah 26:5

For He has humbled those who live in lofty places—
an inaccessible city.
He brings it down; He brings it down to the ground;
He throws it to the dust.

Isaiah 28:2

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.

Isaiah 30:30

And the Lord will make the splendor of His voice heard
and reveal His arm striking in angry wrath
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!

Exodus 9:18-26

Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

Isaiah 10:19

The remaining trees of its forest
will be so few in number
that a child could count them.

Isaiah 14:22-23

“I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 24:10

The city of chaos is shattered;
every house is closed to entry.

Isaiah 25:4

For You have been a stronghold for the poor,
a stronghold for the needy person in his distress,
a refuge from the rain, a shade from the heat.
When the breath of the violent
is like rain against a wall,

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city will be deserted,
pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.

Isaiah 37:24

You have mocked the Lord through your servants.
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.

Ezekiel 13:11-13

therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released.

Nahum 1:1

The oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 1:8

But He will completely destroy Nineveh
with an overwhelming flood,
and He will chase His enemies into darkness.

Nahum 2:10-13

Desolation, decimation, devastation!
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were hurled to the earth. So a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:

In this way, Babylon the great city
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.

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