19These double calamities have come upon you- who can comfort you?- ruin and destruction, famine and sword- who can console you?


In Context

16 I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand- I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.' "

17 Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.

18 Of all the sons she bore there was none to guide her; of all the sons she reared there was none to take her by the hand.

19 These double calamities have come upon you- who can comfort you?- ruin and destruction, famine and sword- who can console you?

20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord and the rebuke of your God.

21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine.

Isaiah 51:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:19These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:19There are two things that have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: how shall I comfort thee?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things have come to thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:19These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction — Famine and sword, who — I comfort thee?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:19These two things are come to you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you?