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


In Context

14 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, |Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,| says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

15 Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, |Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

16 'What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?' Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!|

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

18 He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you shame of your lord's house.

19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

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 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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