Isaiah 14:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ who turned the world into a wilderness, who destroyed its cities and would not release the prisoners to return home? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ who made the world a wasteland and tore down its cities, and wouldn’t let his prisoners go home?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?' "

Isaiah 14:17 Cross References

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you will stare at you; they will look closely at you: ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble, who shook the kingdoms,

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations lie in splendour, each in his own tomb.

Isaiah 45:13

I have stirred him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild my city, and set my exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 58:6

Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Jeremiah 50:33

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed. All their captors hold them fast; they refuse to release them.

Ezekiel 32:23

Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword – those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will stretch out my hand against them,  and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Riblah.  Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Joel 2:3

A fire devours in front of them, and behind them a flame blazes. The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland; there is no escape from them.

Habakkuk 1:7

They are fierce  and terrifying; their views of justice and sovereignty stem from themselves.