Isaiah 9:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They gorged on the right but still were hungry, and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied; they devoured the flesh of their own kindred; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They snatch in discord on the right hand, but are still hungry [their cruelty not diminished]; and they devour and destroy on the left hand, but are not satisfied. Each devours and destroys his own flesh [and blood] or his neighbor's. American Standard Version (1901) And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: Common English Bible they consumed on the right, but remained hungry; devoured on the left, and weren’t satisfied. They devoured the flesh of their own children. Catholic Public Domain Version And he will turn toward the right, and he will be hungry. And he will eat toward the left, and he will not be satisfied. Each one will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they will be against Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled. Every one shell eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda. |
so as not to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain? For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.
In my pastures the poor will graze and the needy lie down in safety, but I will make your root die of famine, and your remnant I will kill.
For now the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and staff— all support of bread and all support of water—
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
These two things have befallen you —who will grieve with you?— devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will comfort you?
They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their gods. They will turn their faces upward,
or they will look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
And I will dash them one against another, parents and children together, says the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion when I destroy them.
And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and all shall eat the flesh of their neighbors in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.
The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food in the destruction of my people.
You shall eat but not be satisfied, and there shall be a gnawing hunger within you; you shall put away but not save, and what you save, I will hand over to the sword.
So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die; what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let those that are left devour the flesh of one another!”