Verse List for ISA 17:9

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OET (OET-RV) At that time, their fortified cities will be abandoned like a deserted part of the forest, ⇔ ≈ and their summits will be abandoned and desolate as Yisrael advances,

OET-LV In _the_day (the)_that they _will _be the _cities _of his _refuge _of_his like_the _abandoned_place_of the _forest and_the_top which they _abandoned from_face/in _front _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_it _will _be a _desolation.

ULT In that day, the cities of his strength will be ⇔  like the abandoned of the forest and the bough, ⇔ which they abandoned from the face of the sons of Israel, ⇔  and it will be a desolation.

UST When the Israelites invaded the land of Canaan, ⇔  the former inhabitants abandoned their cities, ⇔  and trees and shrubs grew there. ⇔ In the same way, when God punishes the Israelites, ⇔  they will abandon their cities that have walls around them; ⇔  no one will live in them.

BSB & MSB In that day their strong cities ⇔  will be like forsaken thickets and summits, ⇔ abandoned to the Israelites ⇔  and to utter desolation.

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE & WMBB In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.

NET At that time their fortified cities will be ⇔ like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, ⇔ which they abandoned because of the Israelites; ⇔ there will be desolation.

LSV In that day the cities of his strength are
As the forsaken thing of the forest,
And the branch that they have left,
Because of the sons of Israel,
It has also been a desolation.

FBV At that time their fortified cities will be like places left to be taken over by bushes and trees, just as they were previously abandoned when the Israelites invaded.[fn] The country will become completely desolate.

T4T The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hiv and Amor people-groups abandoned (OR, like the forests that the Canaan people-group abandoned) when the Israelis attacked them long ago. ⇔  No one will live there.

LEB ¶  On that day, _⌊its fortified cities_⌋[fn] will be like the _⌊abandonment of the wooded place and the summit_⌋,[fn] which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.

BBE In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the children of Israel took for a heritage, and they will come to destruction.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel, after the manner of woods and lofty forests; and it shall be a desolation.

ASV In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

DRA In that day his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.

YLT In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.

Drby In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

RV In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel: and it shall be a desolation.

SLT In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken thicket, and the summit which they forsook from the face of the sons of Israel: and it was a desolation.

Wbstr In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

KJB-1769 ¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

KJB-1611 ¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an vppermost branch, which they left, because of the children of Israel: and there shalbe desolation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken shrubbes & braunches, which they left because of the childre of Israel, and the lande shalbe desolate.
(In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken shrubbes and branches, which they left because of the children of Israel, and the land shall be desolate.)

Gnva In that day shall the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughes and branches, which they did forsake, because of the children of Israel, and there shall be desolation.
(In that day shall the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughs and branches, which they did forsake, because of the children of Israel, and there shall be desolation.)

Cvdl At the same tyme shal their stronge cities be desolate, like as were once ye forsake plowes & corne, which they forsoke, for feare of ye children of Israel.
(At the same time shall their strong cities be desolate, like as were once ye/you_all forsake ploughes and corn, which they forsook, for fear of ye/you_all children of Israel.)

Wycl In that dai the citees of strengthe therof schulen be forsakun as plowis, and cornes that weren forsakun of the face of the sones of Israel; and thou schalt be forsakun.
(In that day the cities of strength thereof should be forsaken as ploughs, and cornes that were forsaken of the face of the sons of Israel; and thou/you shalt/shall be forsaken.)

Luth Zu der Zeit werden die Städte ihrer Stärke sein wie ein verlassener Ast und Zweig, so verlassen ward vor den Kindern Israel; und werden wüste sein.
(To/For the/of_the time/period become the cities of_their/her strength be as/like a abandoned Ast and branch(n), so leave what/which before/in_front_of the children Israel; and become desert be.)

ClVg In die illa erunt civitates fortitudinis ejus derelictæ sicut aratra, et segetes quæ derelictæ sunt a facie filiorum Israël; et eris deserta.[fn]
(In day that they_will_be cities of_strength his/her abandoned like aratra, and crops which abandoned are from face of_children Israel; and you_will_be deserted.)

UHB בַּ⁠יּ֨וֹם הַ⁠ה֜וּא יִהְי֣וּ ׀ עָרֵ֣י מָעֻזּ֗⁠וֹ כַּ⁠עֲזוּבַ֤ת הַ⁠חֹ֨רֶשׁ֙ וְ⁠הָ֣⁠אָמִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָזְב֔וּ מִ⁠פְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ⁠הָיְתָ֖ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἔσονται αἱ πόλεις σου ἐγκαταλελειμμέναι, ὃν τρόπον κατέλιπον οἱ Ἀμοῤῥαῖοι καὶ οἱ Εὐαῖοι ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν νἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἔσονται ἔρημοι,

BrTr In that day thy cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Evæans deserted theirs, because of the children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.