And I will make it a possession of the screech owl and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 25:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The high fortifications of his walls will be brought down, laid low, cast to the ground, even to the dust. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the high fortifications of your walls [the Lord] will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. American Standard Version (1901) And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust. Common English Bible The fortified towers of their walls will be thrown down, will be leveled, will be brought down to the earth, to the dust. Catholic Public Domain Version And the fortifications of your sublime walls will fall, and be brought low, and be torn down to the ground, even to the dust. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust. |
And I will make it a possession of the screech owl and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.
An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.
For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of foreigners is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height; the lofty city he lays low. He lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.
Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Alas for Nebo, it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame; it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down;
Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations only for fire, and they have become weary.
and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disasters that I am bringing on her.’ ” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down and will be found no more;