Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
New American Standard Bible
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
King James Version
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Holman Bible
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
International Standard Version
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
A Conservative Version
In my ears [says] LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
American Standard Version
In mine ears'saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Amplified
In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Darby Translation
In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ears of Jehovah of armies, If not many houses shall be for desolation, great and good from none dwelling.
King James 2000
In my hearing said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh of hosts [said] in my ears: {Surely} many houses shall become a desolation, large and beautiful [ones] without inhabitant.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah of Hosts swore in my ears, Truly many houses shall be deserted, big and fair, without inhabitant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear: Shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them?
New Heart English Bible
In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
The Emphasized Bible
In mine ears, said Yahweh of hosts, - Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant;
Webster
In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
World English Bible
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Youngs Literal Translation
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
Themes
Desolation » What shall be desolate
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces existing corruptions
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
8 Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land. 9 The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. 10 Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel."
Cross References
Matthew 23:38
Look, your house is left to you desolate!
Isaiah 22:14
The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live," says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies.
2 Chronicles 36:21
This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
Isaiah 6:11-12
I replied, "How long, sovereign master?" He said, "Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.
Amos 3:7
Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
Amos 6:11
Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
Matthew 22:7
The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.