to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had made up for its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
Isaiah 5:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing: Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In my [Isaiah's] ears the Lord of hosts said, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful ones shall be without inhabitant. American Standard Version (1901) In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Common English Bible I heard the LORD of heavenly forces say this: Many houses will become total ruins, large, fine houses, with no one living in them. Catholic Public Domain Version These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant. |
to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had made up for its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
they will live in desolate cities, in houses that no one should inhabit, houses destined to become heaps of ruins;
There was nothing left after they had eaten; therefore their prosperity will not endure.
Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.
The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord God of hosts.
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; the calves graze there; there they lie down and strip its branches.
I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
For the Lord commands, and he will shatter the great house to bits and the little house to pieces.
The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.