Isaiah 17:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When that time comes, the glorious nation of Israel will be brought down; its prosperous people will be skin and bones.

Cross References

Genesis 41:3

Then seven ugly, skinny cows came up out of the river and

2 Kings 17:3

During Hoshea's rule, King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel; he took control of the country and made Hoshea pay taxes.

2 Kings 17:6

before capturing it in the ninth year of Hoshea's rule. The Assyrian king took the Israelites away to Assyria as prisoners. He forced some of them to live in the town of Halah, others to live near the River Habor in the territory of Gozan, and still others to live in towns where the Median people lived.

Isaiah 10:16

The mighty LORD All-Powerful will send a terrible disease to strike down your army, and you will burn with fever under your royal robes.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Isaiah 10:4

How will you escape being captured or killed? The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!

Isaiah 17:3

Israel will lose its fortresses. The kingdom of Damascus will be destroyed; its survivors will suffer the same fate as Israel. The LORD All-Powerful has promised this.

Isaiah 24:13

Nations will be stripped bare, like olive trees or vineyards after the harvest season.

Isaiah 24:16

From all over the world songs of praise are heard for the God of justice. But I feel awful, terribly miserable. Can anyone be trusted? So many are treacherous!

Isaiah 9:21

The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh turned against each other, then joined forces to attack Judah. But the LORD was still angry and ready to punish the nation even more.

Isaiah 9:8

The Lord had warned the people of Israel,

Ezekiel 34:20

So I, the LORD God, will separate you strong sheep from the weak.

Amos 3:12

The LORD has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.

Zephaniah 2:11

I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.