Isaiah 49:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 49:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

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KJV

King James Version

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

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WEB

World English Bible

Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 49

¹⁵ “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

¹⁶ Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

¹⁷ Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

¹⁸ Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

¹⁹ For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

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