Isaiah 17:9 - Common English BibleOn that day, their strong cities will be like those abandoned by the Hivites and the Amorites; abandoned because of the Israelites. They will be a wasteland, See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769In 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionIn that day will their [Syria's and Israel's] strong cities be like the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountaintop, as they [the Amorites and the Hivites] forsook their [cities] because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionIn that day, his strong cities will be abandoned, like the plows and the grain fields which were left behind before the face of the sons of Israel, and you shall be deserted. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionIn that day, his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel: and thou shalt be desolate. See the chapter |