Isaiah 32:13 “and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even…”

Isaiah 32:13

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Vpon the lande of my people shall growe thornes and briers: yea, vpon all the houses of ioye in the citie of reioysing,

Darby Translation

Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

Young's Literal Translation

Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

Bible in Basic English

And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

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Cross references

“come”

Hosea 9:6 Isaiah 7:23 Isaiah 34:13 Isaiah 6:11 Psalm 107:34 Hosea 10:8

Hosea 9:6 · BSB

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

Isaiah 7:23 · BSB

And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

Isaiah 34:13 · BSB

Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Isaiah 6:11 · 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,

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Hosea 10:8 · BSB

The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

“yea, upon”

Jeremiah 39:8 Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8

Jeremiah 39:8 · BSB

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Revelation 18:7 · BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Revelation 18:8 · BSB

Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

“in the”

Isaiah 22:2 Isaiah 22:12 Isaiah 22:13

Isaiah 22:2 · BSB

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

Isaiah 22:12 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 22:13 · BSB

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Also

Isaiah 5:6

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

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

In context

12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

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