Isaiah 5:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ In my hearing יהוה  of hosts said, “Truly, many houses shall be a waste – big and fine ones, without inhabitant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Common English Bible

⁹ 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

⁹ These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant.

Isaiah 5:9 Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

in order to fill the word of יהוה  by the mouth of Yirmeyahu, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay waste she kept Sabbath, until seventy years were completed.

Job 15:28

But he dwells in ruined cities, in houses which no one lives in, which have been ready to become heaps.

Job 20:21

There is no left-over after he has eaten, therefore his good does not last.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.

Isaiah 22:14

And it was revealed in my hearing by יהוה  of hosts, “For this crookedness shall certainly not be pardoned until you die,” said the Master יהוה  of hosts.

Isaiah 27:10

For the city of defence is lonely, a home forsaken and left like a wilderness – there the calf feeds, and there it lies down, and shall consume its branches.

Isaiah 5:6

and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Amos 3:7

For the Master יהוה  does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take grain taxes from him – you have built houses of hewn stone but you are not going to dwell in them, you have planted pleasant vineyards but not drink wine from them.

Amos 6:11

For look, יהוה  is commanding, and He shall smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Matthew 22:7

“But when the sovereign heard, he was wroth, and sent out his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire.

Matthew 23:38

“See! Your house is left to you laid waste,

James 5:4

See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of יהוה  of hosts.