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Isaiah 32:13

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
KJV
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
WEB
Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
ASV
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
DARBY
Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
BLB
over the land of my people [where] thorns and briers come up; yes, over all the houses of joy [in] the jubilant city.
ÅB
På mitt folks jord skyter torner og tistler opp, ja over alle gledens hus i den jublende by.
OTB
og for landet til mitt folk, overgrodd med torner og tistler— ja, sørg for alle de glade husene og den jubelende byen.
B1930
På mitt folks jord skyter torner og tistler op, ja over alle gledens hus i den jublende by.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 9:6

    For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

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  • Isaiah 22:2

    Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

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  • Isaiah 34:13

    And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

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  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

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  • Revelation 18:7–8

    How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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  • Hosea 10:8

    The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

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  • Isaiah 22:12–13

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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