Isaiah 14:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?””
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“who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?”
King James Version · Public Domain“that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 14:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
- Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 45:13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
- Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
- Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
- Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
- Joel 2:3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
- Habakkuk 1:7They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
- Zephaniah 2:13And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).