Isaiah 51:19
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
Note DSS, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; MT 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?
Note are…: Heb. happened
Note destruction: Heb. breaking
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 befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- two things
- Isaiah 47:9; Ezekiel 14:21
- are come
- Heb. happened. who shall.
- Job 2:11; Psalm 69:20; Jeremiah 9:17–21; Lamentations 1:9, 12, 17; Amos 7:2
- destruction
- Heb. breaking. by whom.
- Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 61:2; Job 42:11; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Lamentations 1:16; Amos 7:2; 2 Corinthians 7:6, 7, 13; 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17