Isaiah 17:9-14
New International Version
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(A) And all will be desolation.
10 You have forgotten(B) God your Savior;(C)
you have not remembered the Rock,(D) your fortress.(E)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,(F)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning(G) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(H) will be as nothing(I)
in the day of disease and incurable(J) pain.(K)
12 Woe to the many nations that rage(L)—
they rage like the raging sea!(M)
Woe to the peoples who roar(N)—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!(O)
13 Although the peoples roar(P) like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes(Q) them they flee(R) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(S) on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.(T)
14 In the evening, sudden(U) terror!(V)
Before the morning, they are gone!(W)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.
Isaiah 17:9-14
New Living Translation
9 Their largest cities will be like a deserted forest,
like the land the Hivites and Amorites abandoned[a]
when the Israelites came here so long ago.
It will be utterly desolate.
10 Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you.
You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you.
So you may plant the finest grapevines
and import the most expensive seedlings.
11 They may sprout on the day you set them out;
yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them,
but you will never pick any grapes from them.
Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain.
12 Listen! The armies of many nations
roar like the roaring of the sea.
Hear the thunder of the mighty forces
as they rush forward like thundering waves.
13 But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,
God will silence them, and they will run away.
They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,
like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
14 In the evening Israel waits in terror,
but by dawn its enemies are dead.
This is the just reward of those who plunder us,
a fitting end for those who destroy us.
Footnotes
- 17:9 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads like places of the wood and the highest bough.
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