2You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.


In Context

1 O Lord , you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

2 You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall

Isaiah 25:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:2For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:2For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:2For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from being a city, To the age it is not built.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:2For you have made of a city an heap; of a defended city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.