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New Living Translation

Isaiah 32:13

For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adamant;   Isaiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Curse, the;   Thorns, Thistles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rain;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Brier;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Husbandry;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adamant;   Isaiah;   Relationships, Family;   Thorns;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agriculture;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for the ground of my peoplegrowing thorns and briers,indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.
Hebrew Names Version
On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
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:
English Standard Version
for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
New American Standard Bible
For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up; Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.
New Century Version
Cry for the land of my people, in which only thorns and weeds now grow. Cry for the city that once was happy and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.
Amplified Bible
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars— Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
World English Bible
On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Vpon the lande of my people shall growe thornes and briers: yea, vpon all the houses of ioye in the citie of reioysing,
Legacy Standard Bible
For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the exultant city.
Berean Standard Bible
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers-even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
Contemporary English Version
and to the happy homes in Jerusalem. The land of my people is covered with thorns.
Complete Jewish Bible
for the land of my people, producing thorns and briars, for all the happy homes in the joyful city.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Cry for the land of my people. Cry because only thorns and weeds will grow there. Cry for the city and for all the houses that were once filled with joy.
George Lamsa Translation
Upon the land of my people shall grow up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of mirth in the mighty city;
Good News Translation
and thorn bushes and briers are growing on my people's land. Weep for all the houses where people were happy and for the city that was full of life.
Lexham English Bible
over the soil of my people. It goes up in thorns and briers, indeed over all of the houses of joy in the jubilant city.
Literal Translation
Thorns and briers shall spring up on the land of My people; even over all the houses of joy in the jubilant city,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels, for in euery house is voluptuousnes & in the cities, wilfulnes.
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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.
King James Version (1611)
Upon the land of my people shall come vp thornes, and briars, yea vpon all the houses of ioy in the ioyous citie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My peoples fielde shall bryng thornes and thistles: and so shall it be in euery house of voluptuousnesse, and in euery citie that reioyceth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from every house.
English Revised Version
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thornes and breris schulen stie on the erthe of my puple; hou myche more on alle the housis of ioie of the citee makynge ful out ioie?
Update Bible Version
On the land of my people thorns and briers shall come up; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Webster's Bible Translation
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers; also, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:
New English Translation
Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.
New King James Version
On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
New Life Bible
and for the land of my people in which thorns and thistles will come up. Yes, be sorry for all the houses of joy, and for the happy city,
New Revised Standard
for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yes, for all the joyous houses in the jubilant city.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow, - Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
Revised Standard Version
for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yea, for all the joyous houses in the joyful 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,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

Contextual Overview

9 Listen, you women who lie around in ease. Listen to me, you who are so smug. 10 In a short time—just a little more than a year— you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. For your fruit crops will fail, and the harvest will never take place. 11 Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your complacency. Strip off your pretty clothes, and put on burlap to show your grief. 12 Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms and your fruitful grapevines. 13 For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone. 14 The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers 15 until at last the Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops. 16 Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field. 17 And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever. 18 My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 34:13, Psalms 107:34, Hosea 9:6, Hosea 10:8

yea, upon: or, burning upon, etc. Jeremiah 39:8, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:8

in the: Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:18 - Thorns Leviticus 26:32 - And I Isaiah 5:6 - I will lay Isaiah 24:1 - maketh the Isaiah 27:10 - there shall the Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Lamentations 5:18 - the foxes Ezekiel 6:6 - the cities Hosea 2:3 - as Hosea 2:12 - I will Joel 1:6 - my Micah 6:9 - Lord's

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.
Genesis 32:20
And be sure to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me."
Genesis 32:21
So the gifts were sent on ahead, while Jacob himself spent that night in the camp.
Genesis 33:10
But Jacob insisted, "No, if I have found favor with you, please accept this gift from me. And what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like seeing the face of God!
Genesis 42:6
Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 43:11
So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, "If it can't be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.
1 Samuel 25:8
Ask your own men, and they will tell you this is true. So would you be kind to us, since we have come at a time of celebration? Please share any provisions you might have on hand with us and with your friend David."
1 Samuel 25:27
And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is like a lucky charm; whoever gives one will prosper!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers,.... The curse of the earth, the spontaneous productions of it, being uncultivated, and this through want of men, they being destroyed or carried captive by the enemy; this is to be understood of the land of Judea, and not Samaria, as Aben Ezra; where the professing and covenant people of God dwelt; which is mentioned to show the apostasy of this people, for which ruin came upon their land, and the aggravation of it, as well as the goodness of God to them, which continued to the last, still considering them as his people. This respects not the desolation of the country by the Assyrian army, nor by the Chaldeans, but rather by the Romans, even their last destruction:

yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city; not Samaria, the head of the ten tribes, as some; but Jerusalem, the joy of the whole earth, as Jarchi; and the "houses of joy" in it mean not public houses, as taverns, and the like, where persons meet to revel and carouse, but the houses of nobles, princes, and rich men, who lived voluptuously, in great sensuality and carnal mirth, drinking wine in bowls, and chanting to the sound of the viol, and using all instruments of music; but now their houses, in which they enjoyed so much pleasure, should be demolished, and briers and thorns should grow upon the spot where they stood. Some render the word כי, "burning", as in Isaiah 3:24 "burning shall be on all the houses" o, c. and think it refers to the burning of the city of Jerusalem, and the palaces or houses of nobles and rich men in it, which was done both by the Chaldeans and by the Romans.

o Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon the land of my people - A description similar to this, in regard to the consequences of the invasion of Sennacherib, is given in Isaiah 7:20-25 (see the notes at that passage).

Yea, upon all the houses of joy - Margin, ‘Burning upon.’ The marginal readling has originated from the supposition that the word כי kı̂y is derived from כיה kâvâh, “to be burned.” This conjecture has been adopted by Junius and Tremellius, and by some others. But it is evidently mere conjecture, and is not demanded. The word ‘yea’ will express the sense, meaning that desolation, indicated by the growth of thorns and briers, would come upon the cities that were then filled with joy. This does not refer to Jerusalem, which was not taken by Sennacherib, but to the other cities that were destroyed by him in his march, and this account accords with the statement in Isaiah 7:20-25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 32:13. Shall come up thorns and briers - "The thorn and the brier shall come up"] All the ancient Versions read ושמיר veshamir, with the conjunction. And an ancient MS. has תעלה בו taaleh bo, "shall come up in it," which seems to be right; or rather בה bah: and there is a rasure in the place of בו bo in another ancient MS.

Yea, upon all the houses of joy — For כי ki, the ancient Versions, except the Vulgate, seem to have read ו ve. כי ki may perhaps be a mistake for בו bo, or בה bah, in it, above mentioned. It is not necessary in this place.

The description of impending distress which begins at Isaiah 32:13 belongs to other times than that of Sennacherib's invasion, from which they were so soon delivered. It must at least extend to the ruin of the country and city by the Chaldeans. And the promise of blessings which follows was not fulfilled under the Mosaic dispensation; they belong to the KINGDOM of Messiah. Compare Isaiah 32:15 with Isaiah 29:17, and see the note there.


 
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