Isaiah 17:9 “In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and sum…”

Isaiah 17:9

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

World English Bible

In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.

American Standard Version

In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

Geneva Bible 1599

In that day shall the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughes and branches, which they did forsake, because of the children of Israel, and there shall be desolation.

Darby Translation

In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

Young's Literal Translation

In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.

Bible in Basic English

In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the children of Israel took for a heritage, and they will come to destruction.

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Cross references

“In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.”

Isaiah 27:10 Amos 3:11–15 Isaiah 6:11–13 Isaiah 7:16–20 Isaiah 9:9–12 Isaiah 24:1–12

Isaiah 27:10 · BSB

For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Amos 3:11–15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

Isaiah 6:11–13 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

Isaiah 7:16–20 · BSB

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

Isaiah 9:9–12 · BSB

All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

Isaiah 24:1–12 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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