Isaiah 32:14

Translations

Modern

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Traditional

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Literal

For the palace will be forsaken, the clamor of the city will be forsaken, and the citadel and watchtower will become as dens even to forever—the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks—

Latin

Domus enim dimissa est, multitudo urbis relicta est, tenebræ et palpatio factæ sunt super speluncas usque in æternum; gaudium onagrorum, pascua gregum.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Notes

Isaiah 32:14

The Babylonians, not the Assyrians, eventually destroyed Jerusalem (see Isaiah 39:1–8 for a prediction of this).

Isaiah 32:9–15

This prophecy warned the complacent women of Jerusalem. God's promises for the future did not excuse ongoing sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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Glossary

Donkey Isaiah, Book of Ophel Watchtower

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks: Fortifications Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Donkey: Wild Palaces: Often As Punishment: Forsaken Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments the Wild Donkey: Inhabits Wild and Solitary Places Towers: Frequently Left Desolate War: Evils of

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