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


In Context

6 And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

7 Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

8 Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

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

10 For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.

11 Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, 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 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.