The people look at you and think about you.\par \{They see that you are only a dead body,\}\par and the people say,\par “Is this the same man that caused great fear\par in all the kingdoms on earth?\par
Isaiah 14:17 - Easy To Read Version Is this the same man that destroyed cities\par and changed the land into a desert?\par Is this the same man that captured people\par in war and would not let them go home?”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home? American Standard Version (1901) that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home? Common English Bible who made the world a wasteland and tore down its cities, and wouldn’t let his prisoners go home?” Catholic Public Domain Version who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That made the world a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners? |
The people look at you and think about you.\par \{They see that you are only a dead body,\}\par and the people say,\par “Is this the same man that caused great fear\par in all the kingdoms on earth?\par
Every king on earth has died with glory.\par Every king has his own grave.\par
I gave Cyrus his power\par so he would do good things. {\cf2\super [406]} \par And I will make his work easy.\par Cyrus will build my city again.\par And he will make my people free.\par Cyrus will not sell my people to me.\par I will not have to pay him\par to do these things.\par The people will be freed,\par and the cost to me will be nothing.”\par The Lord, All-Powerful, said these things.\par
“I will tell you the kind of special day I want—a day to make people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off people. I want a day when you make the troubled people free. I want a day when you take the burdens from their shoulders.
Your holy cities are empty.\par Those cities are like deserts now.\par Zion {\cf2\super [465]} is a desert!\par Jerusalem is destroyed!\par
The Lord All-Powerful says:\par “The people of Israel and Judah are slaves.\par The enemy took them,\par and the enemy will not let Israel go.\par
\{God said,\} “\{Jerusalem,\} I will destroy you—you will be nothing but a pile of rocks. The people around you will make fun of you. Every person that walks by will make fun of you.
The army will destroy the land\par like a burning fire.\par In front of them, the land will be like\par the Garden of Eden.\par Behind them, the land will be like\par an empty desert.\par Nothing will escape them.\par
The Babylonian people will scare the other people. The Babylonian people will do what they want to do and go where they want to go.