KJV King James Version
Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
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2 Kings 20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
‘Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left,’ says Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that is in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 20
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, [even] from Babylon.
15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All [the things] that [are] in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if peace and truth be in my days?
20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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הִנֵּה֮H2009 · hin.nehbeholdיָמִ֣יםH3117 · yomdayבָּאִים֒H935 · boto come (in): comeוְנִשָּׂ֣א׀H5375 · na.sato lift: raiseכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָH1004 · betplaceוַאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichאָצְר֧וּH686 · a.tsarto storeאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָH1 · avfatherעַד־H5704 · adtillהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisבָּבֶ֑לָהH894 · ba.velBabylonלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִוָּתֵ֥רH3498 · ya.tarto remainדָּבָ֖רH1697 · da.varwordאָמַ֥רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
2 Kings 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.2 Chronicles 36:10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.Jeremiah 27:21-22Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain [in] the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;Jeremiah 52:17-19Also the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.2 Kings 25:13-15And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.
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