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The Women of Jerusalem

Isaiah 32:19

In 11 translations

BSB
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
KJV
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.low in…: or, utterly abased
WEB
though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
ASV
But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.
LSV
And it has hailed in the going down of the forest, || And the city is low in the valley.
YLT
And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.
DBY
And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
DRC
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
GNV
When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, and the citie shall be set in the lowe place.
JPS
And it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; but the city shall descend into the valley.
LXXE
And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבָרַ֖ד בְּרֶ֣דֶת הַיָּ֑עַר וּבַשִּׁפְלָ֖ה תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל הָעִֽיר׃
LXX-Br
Ἡ δὲ χάλαζα ἐὰν καταβῇ, οὐκ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἥξει· καὶ ἔσονται οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν τοῖς δρυμοῖς πεποιθότες, ὡς οἱ ἐν τῷ πεδινῇ.

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  • Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
  • Isaiah 26:5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
  • Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  • Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
  • Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
  • Ezekiel 13:11–13tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is…
  • Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
  • Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
  • Exodus 9:18–26Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now. So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field.…
  • Nahum 2:10–13She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness…
  • Isaiah 10:19The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
  • Matthew 7:25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
  • Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
  • Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
  • Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
  • Isaiah 14:22–23“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. “I will make her a place for owls and for…

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