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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.

הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
pronoun · 47×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יָנ֣וּד
ynvd
verb · 25×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
קְרַ֣את
qr't
verb · 37×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 44×
שֹׁ֖ד
shd
noun · 25×

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?