Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants. New Living Translation But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty. English Standard Version The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. Berean Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. King James Bible In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. New King James Version In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, “Truly, many houses shall be desolate, Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant. New American Standard Bible In my ears the LORD of armies has sworn, “Many houses shall certainly become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. NASB 1995 In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. NASB 1977 In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. Legacy Standard Bible In my ears Yahweh of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and good ones, without inhabitants. Amplified Bible In my ears the LORD of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate, Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied. Christian Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Armies say: Indeed, many houses will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants. Holman Christian Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts say: Indeed, many houses will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants. American Standard Version In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In my ear LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts was heard: “Many households shall be a desolation from lack of an inhabitant Brenton Septuagint Translation For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. Contemporary English Version But the LORD All-Powerful has made this promise to me: Those large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them. Douay-Rheims Bible These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant. English Revised Version In mine ears saith the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. GOD'S WORD® Translation With my own ears I heard the LORD of Armies say, "Many houses will become empty. Large, beautiful houses will be without people to live in them. Good News Translation I have heard the LORD Almighty say, "All these big, fine houses will be empty ruins. International Standard Version The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants. JPS Tanakh 1917 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, Even great and fair, without inhabitant. Literal Standard Version Do many houses not become a desolation by the weapons of YHWH of Hosts? Great and good without inhabitant! Majority Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. New American Bible In my hearing the LORD of hosts has sworn: Many houses shall be in ruins, houses large and fine, with nobody living there. NET Bible The LORD who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. New Revised Standard Version The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. New Heart English Bible In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied. Webster's Bible Translation In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. World English Bible In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied. Young's Literal Translation By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woes to the Wicked8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. 9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. 10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”… Cross References Matthew 23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. Job 15:28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. Isaiah 6:11 Then 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, Isaiah 6:12 until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. Treasury of Scripture In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. in mine ears, said. Isaiah 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. of a truth, etc. Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Isaiah 27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. Jump to Previous Almighty Armies Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Great Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Ones Secretly Surely Sworn Truth Unoccupied WasteJump to Next Almighty Armies Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Great Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Ones Secretly Surely Sworn Truth Unoccupied WasteIsaiah 5 1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment8. His judgments upon covetousness 11. Upon lasciviousness 13. Upon impiety 20. And upon injustice 26. The executioners of God's judgments (9) In mine ears said the Lord.--The italics show that there is no verb in the Hebrew, the text, if it be correct, giving the emphasis of abruptness; but it is rightly supplied in the Authorised Version. The sentence that follows is one of a righteous retribution: There shall be no profit or permanence in the property thus unjustly gained.Verse 9. - Either something has fallen out in the first clause of this verse, or there is a most unusual ellipse of the verb "said" which our translators have supplied, very properly. There seems to be nothing emphatic in the words, "on mine ears" (see Isaiah 22:14; Ezekiel 9:1, 5; Ezekiel 10:13). Many houses shall be desolate. The greed of adding house to house will be punished by the death of those who have so sinned, and the extinction of their families, either through war, or through a more direct divine judgment. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I heardבְּאָזְנָ֖י (bə·’ā·zə·nāy) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts {declare}: צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign “Surely אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not many רַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great houses בָּתִּ֤ים (bāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house will become יִֽהְי֔וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be desolate, לְשַׁמָּ֣ה (lə·šam·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8047: Ruin, consternation great mansions גְּדֹלִ֥ים (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent left unoccupied. יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Links Isaiah 5:9 NIVIsaiah 5:9 NLT Isaiah 5:9 ESV Isaiah 5:9 NASB Isaiah 5:9 KJV Isaiah 5:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 5:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 5:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 5:9 French Bible Isaiah 5:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:9 In my ears Yahweh of Armies says: (Isa Isi Is) |
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