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Isaiah 17:9

In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.b And all will be desolation.

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Isaiah 17:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.

Isaiah 17:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Isaiah 17:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Their largest cities will be like a deserted forest,

like the land the Hivites and Amorites abandoned

when the Israelites came here so long ago.

It will be utterly desolate.

Isaiah 17:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough

And an uppermost branch,

Which they left because of the children of Israel;

And there will be desolation.

Isaiah 17:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

In that day all their strong cities will be empty. They will be like the cities the Hivites and the Amorites left when the Israelites came to take the land. Everything will be ruined.

Isaiah 17:9 — American Standard Version (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.

Isaiah 17:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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.

Isaiah 17:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

When that day comes, the fortified cities 

which other people abandoned because of the Israelites 

will be like abandoned woods and undergrowth. 

So it will become a wasteland. 

Isaiah 17:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

On that day their strong cities will be

like the abandoned woods and mountaintops

that were abandoned because of the Israelites;

there will be desolation.

Isaiah 17:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

On that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the Hivites and the Amorites, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.

Isaiah 17:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

On that day, its fortified cities will be like the abandonment of the wooded place and the summit, which they deserted because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.

Isaiah 17:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

At that time the strong cities in Israel will be deserted. They will be as they were when the Israelites drove the Canaanites out of them. They will be like places that are taken over by bushes and weeds. The whole land will become dry and empty.

Isaiah 17:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest,

Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;

And the land will be a desolation.


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