Isaiah 27:10
“Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.”
Isaiah 27:10 — King James Version
Verse 10 of 13 in Isaiah chapter 27 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Isaiah 27:10 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.”
- American Standard Version
- “For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.”
Isaiah 27 — full chapter (King James Version)
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong shall punish the piercing , even that crooked ; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. He shall cause them that come of to take root: shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. By this therefore shall the iniquity of be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of , and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of . And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of , and the outcasts in the land of , and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at .