Isaiah 9:17-19
New International Version
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(A)
nor will he pity(B) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(C) and wicked,(D)
every mouth speaks folly.(E)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(F)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(G)
it consumes briers and thorns,(H)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(I)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(J) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(K)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(L)
they will not spare one another.(M)
Isaiah 9:17-19
King James Version
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
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Isaiah 9:17-19
English Standard Version
17 Therefore the Lord does not (A)rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is (B)godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks (C)folly.[a]
(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burns like (E)a fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and (F)the people are like fuel for the fire;
(G)no one spares another.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things
Isaiah 9:17-19
New American Standard Bible
17 Therefore the Lord does (A)not rejoice over their young men,
(B)Nor does He have compassion on their [a]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is (C)godless and an (D)evildoer,
And every (E)mouth is speaking foolishness.
(F)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.
18 (G)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the (H)wrath of the Lord of armies the (I)land is burned,
And the (J)people are like fuel for the fire;
No (K)one spares his brother.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:17 Or fatherless
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