Parallel JER 49:13

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BSB For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

OEB For I have most solemnly sworn, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall be a horror, a scorn, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.

WEB For I have sworn by myself,” says Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”

WMB For I have sworn by myself,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”

NET For I solemnly swear,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a pile of ruins. It will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example to be used in curses. All the towns around it will lie in ruins forever.”

LSV For I have sworn by Myself,
A declaration of YHWH,
That for a desolation, for a reproach,
For a dry place, and for a reviling—is Bozrah,
And all her cities are for continuous ruins.

FBV I made myself a solemn promise, declares the Lord, that the town of Bozrah will become a place that horrifies people, a complete humiliation, a pile of ruins, and a name that's used as a curse word. All its surrounding towns will also be left in ruins forever.

T4T I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that your chief city Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.”

LEB For I have sworn by myself,” declares[fn] Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become as a horror, as a disgrace, as a waste, and as a curse. And all her towns will beeverlasting sites of ruins.”[fn]

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BBE For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

ASV For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

DRA For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.

YLT For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling — is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.

DBY For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

RV For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

WBS For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.

KJB For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

BB For why? I haue sworne by my selfe saith the Lorde, that Bozrah shall become a wyldernesse, an open shame, a laughing stocke, and cursing, and all her cities shalbe a continuall desert.
  (For why? I have sworne by my self saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a wilderness, an open shame, a laughing stocke, and cursing, and all her cities shall be a continuall desert.)

GNV For I haue sworne by my selfe, sayeth the Lord, that Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall desolations.
  (For I have sworne by my self, sayeth the Lord, that Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall desolations. )

CB For why, I haue sworne by my selff (saieth the LORDE) that Bosra shall become a wyldernesse, an open shame, a laughinge stocke and cursynge: and hir cities shalbe a continuall deserte.
  (For why, I have sworne by my selff (saieth the LORD) that Bosra shall become a wilderness, an open shame, a laughinge stocke and cursynge: and her cities shall be a continuall deserte.)

WYC For Y swoor bi my silf, seith the Lord, that Bosra schal be in to wildirnesse, and in to schenschipe, and in to forsakyng, and in to cursyng; and alle the citees therof schulen be in to euerlastynge wildirnessis.
  (For I swoor by my silf, saith/says the Lord, that Bosra shall be in to wilderness, and in to schenschipe, and in to forsakyng, and in to cursyng; and all the cities therof should be in to everlasting wildirnessis.)

LUT Denn ich habe bei mir selbst geschworen, spricht der HErr, daß Bazra soll ein Wunder, Schmach, Wüste und Fluch werden und alle ihre Städte eine ewige Wüste.
  (Because I have bei to_me himself/itself geschworen, spricht the HErr, that Bazra should a Wunder, Schmach, Wüste and Fluch become and all ihre cities one eternal Wüste.)

CLV Quia per memetipsum juravi, dicit Dominus, quod in solitudinem, et in opprobrium, et in desertum, et in maledictionem erit Bosra, et omnes civitates ejus erunt in solitudines sempiternas.
  (Quia per memetipsum yuravi, dicit Master, that in solitudinem, and in opprobrium, and in desertum, and in maledictionem will_be Bosra, and everyone civitates his erunt in solitudines sempiternas. )

BRN But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not hearken to the voice of the Lord;

BrLXX Καὶ εἰ λέγετε ὑμεῖς, οὐ μὴ καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς Κυρίου,
  (Kai ei legete humeis, ou maʸ kathisōmen en taʸ gaʸ tautaʸ, pros to maʸ akousai fōnaʸs Kuriou, )