Isaiah 17:9-14

New International Version

⁹In 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.

¹⁰You 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)
¹¹though 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)

¹²Woe 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)
¹³Although 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)
¹⁴In 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.

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Isaiah 17:9-14

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)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.

¹⁰For ^(B)you have forgotten the God of your salvation
    and have not remembered the ^(C)Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
    and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
¹¹though you make them grow^[a] on the day that you plant them,
    and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,
yet the harvest will flee away^[b]
    in a day of grief and incurable pain.

¹²Ah, ^(D)the thunder of many peoples;
    they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
    they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
¹³^(E)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    ^(F)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased ^(G)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and ^(H)whirling dust before the storm.
¹⁴^(I)At evening time, behold, terror!
    Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    and the lot of those who plunder us.