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Isaiah 51:19

51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? are: Heb. happened destruction: Heb. breaking

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These two things have happened to you — who will grieve with you? — desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?

These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

These two things are come to you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you?

51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

What does Isaiah 51:19 mean?

Isaiah 51:19 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim), קָרָא (qârâʼ), נוּד (nûwd).

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These
twoשְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim/shen-ah'-yim/H8147two; also (as ordinal) twofold
things
are
comeקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7122to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
unto
thee;
who
shall
be
sorryנוּדnûwd/nood/H5110to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
for
thee?
desolation,שֹׁדshôd/shode/H7701violence, ravage
and
destruction,שֶׁבֶרsheber/sheh'-ber/H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
and
the
famine,רָעָבrâʻâb/raw-awb'/H7458hunger (more or less extensive)
and
the
sword:חֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
by
whom
shall
I
comfortנָחַםnâcham/naw-kham'/H5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
thee?
are:
Heb.
happened
destruction:
Heb.
breaking

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 51:19.

Exodus 5:3

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. destruction: Heb. breaking

Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

Jeremiah 48:3

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

Job 2:11

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Job 42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Psalms 69:20

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. to take: Heb. to lament with me

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What does Isaiah 51:19 say?

Isaiah 51:19 (King James Version) reads: "These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? are: Heb. happened destruction: Heb. breaking"

Is Isaiah 51:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 51:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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