Parallel Verses

Amplified


“And they will be desolate
In the midst of countries that are desolated;
And her cities will be
Among cities that are devastated [by plunder and slavery].

New American Standard Bible

“They will be desolate
In the midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.

King James Version

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Holman Bible

They will be desolate
among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
among ruined cities.

International Standard Version

They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined.

A Conservative Version

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

American Standard Version

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Bible in Basic English

And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

Darby Translation

And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Julia Smith Translation

And they were desolate in the midst of the lands being desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities being laid waste.

King James 2000

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"And they will be desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and its cities will be in the midst of ruined cities.

Modern King James verseion

And they shall be ruined in the midst of the wasted lands, and her cities shall be in the midst of the wasted cities.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Among other desolate countries they shall be made desolate, and among other waste cities they shall be wasted.

NET Bible

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

New Heart English Bible

'They shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

The Emphasized Bible

So shall they be made desolate in the midst of lands that are desolate,- And :his cities - in the midst of cities that are laid waste, shall be found.

Webster

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

World English Bible

They shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of the countries
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and her cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

shall be in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of the cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

References

American

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

A Lament Over The Nation And Land Of Egypt

6
‘Thus says the Lord,
“Those who uphold and support Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south]
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.
7 
“And they will be desolate
In the midst of countries that are desolated;
And her cities will be
Among cities that are devastated [by plunder and slavery].
8
“And they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are shattered and destroyed.


Cross References

Ezekiel 29:12

So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation [plundered and ruined] among desolated lands; and her cities, among cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and [I will] disperse them through the lands.”

Jeremiah 25:18-26

Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;

Jeremiah 46:1-28

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the [Gentile] nations.

Ezekiel 32:18-32

“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;

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