²⁶I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place is a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger. ²⁷For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,

and all its cities were laid in ruins

before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;

all its towns lay in ruins

before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,

though I will not destroy it completely.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness.

All its cities were torn down

because of the Lord

and his burning anger.

For this is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be a desolation,

but I will not finish it off.

NLTNew Living Translation

I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness.

The towns lay in ruins,

crushed by the Lord’s fierce anger.

This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,

but I will not destroy it completely.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,

and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh,

before the face of his burning anger.

For thus says Yahweh, “All of the land will be a desolation,

yet I will not make a complete desolation.

KJV 1900King James Version

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness,

And all the cities thereof were broken down

At the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

For thus hath the Lord said,

The whole land shall be desolate;

Yet will I not make a full end.

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