17Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you.


In Context

14 And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you die, said the Lord GOD of hosts.

15 Thus said the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get you to this treasurer, even to Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

16 What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that engraves an habitation for himself in a rock?

17 Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you.

18 He will surely violently turn and toss you like a ball into a large country: there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your lord's house.

19 And I will drive you from your station, and from your state shall he pull you down.

Isaiah 22:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:17"Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, O you mighty man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, Jehovah, like a'strong man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, the LORD will hurl thee away violently as a strong man; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:17Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,