17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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17 Therefore the Lord (A)will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks [a]folly.

(B)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:17 foolishness

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

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11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord.
(A)I am weary of holding it in.
“I will pour it out (B)on the children outside,
And on the assembly of young men together;
For even the husband shall be taken with the wife,
The aged with him who is full of days.

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21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

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21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (A)the children—[a]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[b]no longer on the streets!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
  2. Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square