Isaiah 14:17

In 11 translations

BSB

who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

KJV

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?

WEB

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”

ASV

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

LSV

He has made the world as a wilderness, || And he has broken down his cities, || He did not open the house of his bound ones.

YLT

He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

DBY

[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

DRC

That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?

GNV

He made the worlde as a wildernesse, and destroied the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners.

JPS

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'

LXXE

that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שָׂ֥ם תֵּבֵ֛ל כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְעָרָ֣יו הָרָ֑ס אֲסִירָ֖יו לֹא־פָ֥תַח בָּֽיְתָה׃

LXX-Br

ὁ θεὶς τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην ἔρημον, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ καθεῖλε, τοὺς ἐν ἐπαγωγῇ οὐκ ἔλυσε.

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• Joel 2:3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
• Ezra 1:2–4“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His…
• Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
• Isaiah 13:19–22And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will…
• Zephaniah 2:13–14And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech…
• Isaiah 45:13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
• 2 Chronicles 28:8–15Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria. But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he…
• Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
• Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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