9In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.


In Context

6 and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

8 Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

9 In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

11 Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!

Isaiah 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: "Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9In mine ears'saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9In mine ears saith the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: |Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.