Isaiah 14:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 14:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?

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WEB

World English Bible

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 14

¹⁵ But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

¹⁶ Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,

¹⁷ who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

¹⁹ But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

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