Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
KJV
qui posuit orbem desertum, et urbes ejus destruxit, vinctis ejus non aperuit carcerem ?
Vulgate
ὁ θεὶς τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην ἔρημον, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ καθεῖλεν, τοὺς ἐν ἐπαγωγῇ οὐκ ἔλυσεν.
LXX
that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?
ASV
שָׂ֥ם תֵּבֵ֛ל כַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר וְ/עָרָ֣י/ו הָרָ֑ס אֲסִירָ֖י/ו לֹא פָ֥תַח בָּֽיְתָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ו
v
noun · 13×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
נֶהֶרְס֖וּ
nhrsv
verb · 43×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
תֵּבֵ֥ל
tbl
noun · 36×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 42:22 — But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
- Isa 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Jer 50:33 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
- Joel 2:3 — A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
- Ps 102:20 — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;