Isaiah 51:19
These 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?
KJV
Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi ; quis contristabitur super te ? Vastitas, et contritio, et fames, et gladius ; quis consolabitur te ?
Vulgate
δύο ταῦτα ἀντικείμενά σοι· τίς σοι συνλυπηθήσεται; πτῶμα καὶ σύντριμμα, λιμὸς καὶ μάχαιρα· τίς παρακαλέσει σε;
LXX
These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
ASV
שְׁתַּ֤יִם הֵ֨נָּה֙ קֹֽרְאֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ מִ֖י יָנ֣וּד לָ֑/ךְ הַ/שֹּׁ֧ד וְ/הַ/שֶּׁ֛בֶר וְ/הָ/רָעָ֥ב וְ/הַ/חֶ֖רֶב מִ֥י אֲנַחֲמֵֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 7:2 — And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- Isa 47:9 — But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great
- Jer 15:5 — For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
- Jer 24:10 — And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
- Lam 3:47 — Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
- Nah 3:7 — And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?