Isaiah 32:13

In 11 translations

BSB

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

KJV

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:yea…: or, burning upon

WEB

Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

ASV

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

LSV

Over the ground of my people thorn [and] brier go up, || Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

YLT

Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

DBY

Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

DRC

Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

GNV

Vpon the lande of my people shall growe thornes and briers: yea, vpon all the houses of ioye in the citie of reioysing,

JPS

For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.

LXXE

As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from every house.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת עַמִּ֔י ק֥וֹץ שָׁמִ֖יר תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֚י עַל־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἡ γῆ τοῦ λαοῦ μου, ἄκανθα καὶ χόρτος ἀναβήσεται, καὶ ἐκ πάσης οἰκίας εὐφροσύνη ἀρθήσεται.

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• Isaiah 22:2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
• Hosea 9:6For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
• Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
• Isaiah 34:13Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
• Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
• Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
• Revelation 18:7–8As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ Therefore her plagues will…
• Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
• Isaiah 22:12–13On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and…
• Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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