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Isaiah 34:12

Judgment

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

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.

14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

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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.

Compare

BSB
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
KJV
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
WEB
They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
ASV
They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
DARBY
Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.
BLB
And nothing [is] there for her nobles to call a kingdom, and all her princes will be nothing.
ÅB
Det er ingen fornemme der, som kan utrope noen til konge, og med alle dets fyrster er det forbi.
OTB
Dets adelige skal ikke ha noe der som kan kalles et kongerike, og alle dets fyrster skal forsvinne.
B1930
Det er ingen fornemme der, som kan utrope nogen til konge, og med alle dets fyrster er det forbi.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:6–8

    When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

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  • Ecclesiastes 10:16–17

    Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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  • Isaiah 41:24

    Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:2

    And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

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  • Isaiah 41:11–12

    Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

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  • Jeremiah 39:6

    Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

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