Isaiah 25:2 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.
World English Bible (WEB)
For you have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from `being' a city, To the age it is not built.
| For | כִּ֣י | kî | kee |
| thou hast made | שַׂ֤מְתָּ | śamtā | SAHM-ta |
| of a city | מֵעִיר֙ | mēʿîr | may-EER |
| heap; an | לַגָּ֔ל | laggāl | la-ɡAHL |
| of a defenced | קִרְיָ֥ה | qiryâ | keer-YA |
| city | בְצוּרָ֖ה | bĕṣûrâ | veh-tsoo-RA |
| ruin: a | לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה | lĕmappēlâ | leh-ma-pay-LA |
| a palace | אַרְמ֤וֹן | ʾarmôn | ar-MONE |
| of strangers | זָרִים֙ | zārîm | za-REEM |
| city; no be to | מֵעִ֔יר | mēʿîr | may-EER |
| it shall never | לְעוֹלָ֖ם | lĕʿôlām | leh-oh-LAHM |
| לֹ֥א | lōʾ | loh | |
| be built. | יִבָּנֶֽה׃ | yibbāne | yee-ba-NEH |