Isaiah Chapter 5 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears `saith' Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
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BBE Isaiah 5:9

The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
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DARBY Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears Jehovah of hosts [hath said], Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
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KJV Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
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WBT Isaiah 5:9


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WEB Isaiah 5:9

In my ears, Yahweh of Hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, Even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
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YLT Isaiah 5:9

By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Either something has fallen out in the first clause of this verse, or there is a most unusual ellipse of the verb "said" which our translators have supplied, very properly. There seems to be nothing emphatic in the words, "on mine ears" (see Isaiah 22:14; Ezekiel 9:1, 5; Ezekiel 10:13). Many houses shall be desolate. The greed of adding house to house will be punished by the death of those who have so sinned, and the extinction of their families, either through war, or through a more direct divine judgment.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) In mine ears said the Lord.--The italics show that there is no verb in the Hebrew, the text, if it be correct, giving the emphasis of abruptness; but it is rightly supplied in the Authorised Version. The sentence that follows is one of a righteous retribution: There shall be no profit or permanence in the property thus unjustly gained.