Isaiah 32:19 “But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.”

Isaiah 32:19

But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

World English Bible

though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

American Standard Version

But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

Geneva Bible 1599

When it haileth, it shall fall on the forest, and the citie shall be set in the lowe place.

Darby Translation

And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

Bible in Basic English

But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

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Cross references

“it shall”

Isaiah 28:17 Isaiah 28:2 Isaiah 30:30 Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah 37:24 Exodus 9:18–26

Isaiah 28:17 · BSB

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Isaiah 28:2 · BSB

Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Isaiah 25:4 · BSB

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

Isaiah 37:24 · BSB

Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest o…

Exodus 9:18–26 · BSB

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

“on the”

Zechariah 11:2

Zechariah 11:2 · BSB

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

“the city shall be low”

Isaiah 26:5 Nahum 1:1 Nahum 1:8 Nahum 2:10–13 Revelation 18:21 Isaiah 14:22

Isaiah 26:5 · BSB

For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

Nahum 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

Nahum 1:8 · BSB

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

Nahum 2:10–13 · BSB

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

Revelation 18:21 · BSB

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

Isaiah 14:22 · BSB

“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.

Also

Isaiah 27:10 Isaiah 24:10 Isaiah 10:19

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.

Isaiah 24:10 · BSB

The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

Isaiah 10:19 · BSB

The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

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

In context

18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

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