Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
Isaiah 14:17 - English Standard Version 2016 who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?’ 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? |
Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go.
whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
They are dreaded and fearsome; their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.