Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.

New American Standard Bible

Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are devastated,
My curtains in an instant.

King James Version

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Holman Bible

Disaster after disaster is reported
because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.

International Standard Version

Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed, for the entire land is devastated. Suddenly, my tent is destroyed, in a moment my curtains.

American Standard Version

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

Amplified


News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed,
My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.

Bible in Basic English

News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

Darby Translation

Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.

Julia Smith Translation

Breaking upon breaking was called; for all the land was laid waste: suddenly were my tents laid waste, my curtains in a moment

King James 2000

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is plundered: suddenly are my tents plundered, and my curtains in a moment.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, for all of the land is devastated. Suddenly my tents are devastated, my tent curtains in a moment.

Modern King James verseion

Ruin on ruin is cried; for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are laid waste, my curtains in a moment.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They cry murder upon murder; the whole land shall perish. Immediately my tents were destroyed, and my hangings, in the twinkling of an eye.

NET Bible

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

New Heart English Bible

Destruction on destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

The Emphasized Bible

Breach upon breach, they cry, For ruined, is all the land, - Suddenly, are ruined my tents, In a moment, my curtains!

Webster

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste; suddenly are my tents ruined, and my curtains in a moment.

Youngs Literal Translation

Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
is cried
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

for the whole land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

is spoiled
שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

פּתאם פּתאום 
Pith'owm 
Usage: 25

are my tents
אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

and my curtains
יריעה 
Y@riy`ah 
Usage: 54

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Cross References

Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

Exodus 33:5

Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"

Leviticus 26:18

"'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21

"'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24

then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Numbers 16:21

"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!"

Numbers 16:45

"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.

Psalm 72:19

Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 33:20

Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won't be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Isaiah 47:9

but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.

Isaiah 54:2

"Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

Jeremiah 4:6

Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don't wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction."

Jeremiah 10:19-20

Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Lamentations 2:6-9

He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Lamentations 3:47

Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.

Ezekiel 7:25-26

Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Habakkuk 3:7

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

Matthew 10:28

Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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