The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Parallel translations
- WEB The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
- BSB The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- NKJV The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the Lord has spoken this word.
- NASB The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the Lord has spoken this word.
- NLT The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!
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Quick answer
The earth will be utterly emptied and plundered, for the Lord has spoken it. The certainty rests on God's own word.
Overview
The doubled language of emptying and laying waste intensifies the picture of total devastation. Its guarantee is simply that Yahweh has declared it. God's word, which created the world, is equally sure to bring its judgment to pass.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 24:1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Isa 6:11Then 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,
- Deut 29:28And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
- Lev 26:30–35And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- Deut 29:23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- 2 Chr 36:21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
- Isa 22:25In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
- Mic 4:4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
- Ezek 36:4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
- Isa 21:17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
- Jer 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
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