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Isaiah 49:17

What does Isaiah 49:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 49:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.

Context

v.16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

v.17This passage

v.18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezra 1:5

    Then rose up the heads of fathers’housesof Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Isaiah 51:22

    Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:

  • Isaiah 51:18

    There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand among all the sons that she hath brought up.

  • Isaiah 51:13

    and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  • Nehemiah 2:17

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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