ISA 4:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὅτι ἐκπλυνεῖ Κύριος τὸν ῥύπον τῶν υἱῶν καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων Σειών, καὶ τὸ αἷμα ἐκκαθαριεῖ ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν, ἐν πνεύματι κρίσεως καὶ πνεύματι καύσεως.
(Hoti ekplunei Kurios ton ɽupon tōn huiōn kai tōn thugaterōn Seiōn, kai to haima ekkathariei ek mesou autōn, en pneumati kriseōs kai pneumati kauseōs. )

BrTr For the Lord shall wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Sion, and shall purge out the blood from the midst of them, with the spirit of judgment, and the spirit of burning.

ULT Surely the Lord will wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
⇔ and cleanse the blood stains of Jerusalem from her midst,
⇔ by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of fire.

UST That will happen when the Lord washes away the guilt of the women of Jerusalem, and when he stops the violence on the streets of Jerusalem by punishing the people of Jerusalem. When he does that, it will be like a fire that burns up all the impure things.

BSB when the Lord has washed away
⇔ the filth of the daughters of Zion
⇔ and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem
⇔ by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

OEB When the Lord will have washed away
⇔ the filth of the daughters of Zion,
⇔ and rinsed away from her midst
⇔ the blood-stains of Jerusalem,
⇔ by means of the blast of judgment,
⇔ the blast of extermination,

WEBBE when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion’s women,
⇔ he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem’s midst,
⇔ as he comes to judge
⇔ and to bring devastation.

LSV If the Lord has washed away
The filth of daughters of Zion,
And purges the blood of Jerusalem from her midst,
By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

FBV once the Lord has washed away the excrement of the daughters of Zion, and cleaned the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

T4T That will happen when Yahweh washes away the guilt of the women of Jerusalem,
⇔ and when he stops the violence [MET] on the streets of Jerusalem by punishing the people of Jerusalem.
⇔ When he does that, it will be like a fire to burn up all the impure things.

LEB • and cleansed the blood of Jerusalem from her midst • by a spirit of judgment • and by a spirit of burning.

BBE When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of destruction.

ASV when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

DRA If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

YLT If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Drby when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have scoured out the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

RV when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Wbstr When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

KJB-1769 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
(When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Yerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgement, and by the spirit of burning. )

KJB-1611 When the LORD shall haue washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall haue purged the blood of Ierusalem from the middest thereof, by the spirit of iudgement, and by the spirit of burning.
(When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Yerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgement, and by the spirit of burning.)

Bshps After that the Lorde hath washt away the filthinesse of the daughters of Sion, and hath purged the blood out from Hierusalem in the spirite of iudgement and in the spirite of fire.
(After that the Lord hath/has washt away the filthinesse of the daughters of Sion, and hath/has purged the blood out from Yerusalem in the spirit of judgement and in the spirit of fire.)

Gnva When the Lord shall wash the filthines of the daughters of Zion, and purge the blood of Ierusalem out of the middes thereof by the spirite of iudgement, and by the spirit of burning.
(When the Lord shall wash the filthines of the daughters of Zion, and purge the blood of Yerusalem out of the midst thereof by the spirit of judgement, and by the spirit of burning. )

Cvdl what tyme as the LORDE shall wash awaye the desolacion of the doughters of Sio, ad pourge the bloude out from Ierusale, wt ye wynde of his smoke and fyre.
(what time as the LORD shall wash away the desolacion of the daughters of Sio, ad pourge the blood out from Yerusalem, with ye/you_all wind of his smoke and fyre.)

Wycl if the Lord waischith awei the filthis of the douytris of Sion, and waischith the blood of Jerusalem fro the myddis therof, in the spirit of doom, and in the spirit of heete.
(if the Lord waischith away the filthis of the daughters of Sion, and waischith the blood of Yerusalem from the midst thereof, in the spirit of doom, and in the spirit of heat.)

Luth Dann wird der HErr den Unflat der Töchter Zions waschen und die Blutschulden Jerusalems vertreiben von ihr durch den Geist, der richten und ein Feuer anzünden wird.
(Dann becomes the/of_the LORD the Unflat the/of_the Töchter Zions waschen and the bloodschulden Yerusalems vertreiben from you/their/her through the spirit, the/of_the richten and a fire anzünden wird.)

ClVg Si abluerit Dominus sordes filiarum Sion, et sanguinem Jerusalem laverit de medio ejus, in spiritu judicii, et spiritu ardoris.
(When/But_if abluerit Master sordes daughterrum Sion, and sanguinem Yerusalem laverit about in_the_middle his, in spiritu yudicii, and spiritu ardoris. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) when the Lord will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion

(Some words not found in UHB: if washed_away my=master DOM filth daughters_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) and=DOM bloods_of Yerushalayim cleansed from,midst,her in/on/at/with,spirit judgement and,in/on/at/with,spirit burning )

This expression speaks of sin as if it were physical dirt. Alternate translation: “after the Lord removes the sins of the daughters of Zion as someone washes away filth”

(Occurrence 0) the daughters of Zion

This could mean: (1) the women of Jerusalem or (2) the people of Jerusalem.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) will have cleansed the blood stains from Jerusalem’s midst

“Blood stains” here represents violence and murder. Alternate translation: “will have taken away those in Jerusalem who harm innocent people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) by means of the spirit of judgment and the spirit of flaming fire

This is how God would remove the sin from Jerusalem. Here “spirit” probably represents the activity of judging and burning. Alternate translation: “by judgment and flaming fire”

(Occurrence 0) spirit of judgment

This could mean: (1) Yahweh will punish the people or (2) Yahweh will declare the people guilty.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the spirit of flaming fire

This could mean: (1) this is a metaphor that means Yahweh will remove sinners from Zion like a fire removes impurities or (2) “flaming fire” is a metonym that represents the destruction in general of all the sinners. (See also: figs-metonymy)

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