Isaiah 5:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 5:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 5

⁷ For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

⁸ Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

⁹ I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

¹¹ Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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