Isaiah 32:13

Isaiah 32:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
• New International Version (NIV)and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

Context of Isaiah 32:13

11Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists. 12People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city; 14Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks— 15Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

Isaiah 32:13 word by word

עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת עַמִּ֔י ק֥וֹץ שָׁמִ֖יר תַּֽעֲלֶ֑ה כִּ֚י עַל־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י מָשׂ֔וֹשׂ קִרְיָ֖ה עַלִּיזָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Upon the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• thornsקוֹץqôts qôts · thornH6975
• briersשָׁמִירshâmîyr · thornH8068
• yea, upon all the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of joyמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• the joyousעַלִּיז‛allîyz · jubilantH5947
• cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:13

• Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered: “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate,
• Isaiah 7:23It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.
• Isaiah 34:13And thorns shall come up in its palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortresses; It shall be a habitation of jackals, A courtyard for ostriches.
• Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
• Hosea 9:6For indeed they are gone because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents.
• Hosea 10:8Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Jeremiah 39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Revelation 18:7In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
• Isaiah 22:2You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Shall 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 בו תעלה 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Upon 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there will be good times. The present…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-15This prophecy warned the complacent women of Jerusalem. God's promises for the future did not excuse ongoing sin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings