17the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"


In Context

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.

16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

17 the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

Isaiah 14:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:17That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:17that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:17that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?