For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

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You have made the city a heap of rubble,(A)
    the fortified(B) town a ruin,(C)
the foreigners’ stronghold(D) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.(E)

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For You have made (A)a city a ruin,
A fortified city a ruin,
A palace of foreigners to be a city no more;
It will never be rebuilt.

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12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

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12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(A)
    and lay them low;(B)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.

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12 The (A)fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

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14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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14 Like a hunted(A) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,(B)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee(C) to their native land.(D)

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14 It shall be as the hunted gazelle,
And as a sheep that no man [a]takes up;
(A)Every man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:14 gathers