Isaiah 17:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.”
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“In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.”
King James Version · Public Domain“At eventide, behold, terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This <FI>is<Fi> the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 17:14 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- 2 Kings 19:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- 2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Psalms 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Proverbs 22:23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
- Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Isaiah 21:12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
- Isaiah 29:2And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
- Isaiah 30:28His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
- Isaiah 34:17He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 13:25This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
- Ezekiel 39:10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
- Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Zechariah 2:12And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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