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Isaiah 17:9

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9In 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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  1. bSee Isa 7:19

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.