Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants. New Living Translation But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty. English Standard Version The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. Berean Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. King James Bible In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. New King James Version In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, “Truly, many houses shall be desolate, Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant. New American Standard Bible In my ears the LORD of armies has sworn, “Many houses shall certainly become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. NASB 1995 In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. NASB 1977 In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. Legacy Standard Bible In my ears Yahweh of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and good ones, without inhabitants. Amplified Bible In my ears the LORD of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate, Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied. Christian Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Armies say: Indeed, many houses will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants. Holman Christian Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts say: Indeed, many houses will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants. American Standard Version In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Contemporary English Version But the LORD All-Powerful has made this promise to me: Those large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them. English Revised Version In mine ears saith the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. GOD'S WORD® Translation With my own ears I heard the LORD of Armies say, "Many houses will become empty. Large, beautiful houses will be without people to live in them. Good News Translation I have heard the LORD Almighty say, "All these big, fine houses will be empty ruins. International Standard Version The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants. Majority Standard Bible I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. NET Bible The LORD who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. New Heart English Bible In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied. Webster's Bible Translation In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. World English Bible In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo many houses not become a desolation by the weapons of YHWH of Hosts? Great and good without inhabitant! Young's Literal Translation By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant! Smith's Literal Translation In the ears of Jehovah of armies, If not many houses shall be for desolation, great and good from none dwelling. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThese things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant. Catholic Public Domain Version These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant. New American Bible In my hearing the LORD of hosts has sworn: Many houses shall be in ruins, houses large and fine, with nobody living there. New Revised Standard Version The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIn my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth, it has been heard, that many houses shall be desolate, because there will be no one to dwell in them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In my ear LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts was heard: “Many households shall be a desolation from lack of an inhabitant OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, Even great and fair, without inhabitant. Brenton Septuagint Translation For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Woes to the Wicked8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. 9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. 10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”… Cross References Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. Amos 3:15 I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD. Amos 5:11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. Zephaniah 1:13 Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine. Jeremiah 6:12 Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 8:10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit. Habakkuk 2:9-10 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! / You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. Ezekiel 7:24 So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned. Ezekiel 33:27-29 Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague. / I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through. / Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’ 1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” 2 Kings 21:13-14 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. / So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies, Luke 12:18-20 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. / Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ / But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ James 5:1-3 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Matthew 23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Treasury of Scripture In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. in mine ears, said. Isaiah 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. of a truth, etc. Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Isaiah 27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. Jump to Previous Almighty Armies Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Great Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Ones Secretly Surely Sworn Truth Unoccupied WasteJump to Next Almighty Armies Beautiful Declared Desolate Desolation Ears Excellent Fair Fine Great Hearing Hosts Houses Inhabitant Large Mansions Numbers Ones Secretly Surely Sworn Truth Unoccupied WasteIsaiah 5 1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment8. His judgments upon covetousness 11. Upon lasciviousness 13. Upon impiety 20. And upon injustice 26. The executioners of God's judgments I heard The phrase "I heard" indicates a direct revelation or communication from God to the prophet Isaiah. In Hebrew, the word for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and obeying. This emphasizes the authority and authenticity of the message Isaiah is about to deliver. It underscores the role of prophets as intermediaries who faithfully convey God's word to the people. the LORD of Hosts declare Surely the great houses will become desolate the fine homes left unoccupied Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I heardבְּאָזְנָ֖י (bə·’ā·zə·nāy) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts {declare}: צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign “Surely אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not many רַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great houses בָּתִּ֤ים (bāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house will become יִֽהְי֔וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be desolate, לְשַׁמָּ֣ה (lə·šam·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8047: Ruin, consternation great mansions גְּדֹלִ֥ים (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent left unoccupied. יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Links Isaiah 5:9 NIVIsaiah 5:9 NLT Isaiah 5:9 ESV Isaiah 5:9 NASB Isaiah 5:9 KJV Isaiah 5:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 5:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 5:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 5:9 French Bible Isaiah 5:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:9 In my ears Yahweh of Armies says: (Isa Isi Is) |