Isaiah 5:9 Parallel Translations

With my own ears I heard the LORD of Armies say, "Many houses will become empty. Large, beautiful houses will be without people to live in them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

ASV:

In mine ears'saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

BBE:

The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.

DBY:

In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

ERV:

In mine ears saith the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

JPS:

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

WBS:

In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

WEB:

In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

YLT:

By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!

Isaiah 5:9 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 6:11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered, "Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,

Isaiah 6:12 "The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

Matthew 23:38 "Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:9 In my {l} ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.
(l) I have heard the complaint and cry of the poor.

WES:

5:9 In mine ears - I heard God speak what I am about to utter.

MHC:

5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.

CONC:

Armies Assuredly Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Occupants Ones Says Secretly Surely Sworn Truly Truth Unoccupied Waste Weapons

Almighty Armies Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Great Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Ones Secretly Surely Sworn Truth Unoccupied Waste

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