Isaiah 32:19
New International Version
Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,

New Living Translation
Even if the forest should be destroyed and the city torn down,

English Standard Version
And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low.

Berean Standard Bible
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

King James Bible
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

New King James Version
Though hail comes down on the forest, And the city is brought low in humiliation.

New American Standard Bible
And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low.

NASB 1995
And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low.

NASB 1977
And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low.

Amplified Bible
But it will hail, when the forest comes down, And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation.

Christian Standard Bible
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink into the depths.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink into the depths.

American Standard Version
But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And hail shall descend on the forest, and like the valley, the city will be made low

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country.

Contemporary English Version
even if hailstones flatten forests and cities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

English Revised Version
But it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The forest will be flattened because of hail, and the city will be completely leveled.

Good News Translation
(But hail will fall on the forests, and the city will be torn down.)

International Standard Version
But it will hail when the forest comes down, and the wood will be leveled completely.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; But the city shall descend into the valley.

Literal Standard Version
And it has hailed in the going down of the forest, | And the city is low in the valley.

Majority Standard Bible
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

New American Bible
And the forest will come down completely, the city will be utterly laid low.

NET Bible
Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,

New Revised Standard Version
The forest will disappear completely, and the city will be utterly laid low.

New Heart English Bible
And it will hail when the forest comes down, and the wood is brought low in humiliation.

Webster's Bible Translation
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

World English Bible
though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low.

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Context
The Women of Jerusalem
18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest. 19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.…

Cross References
Isaiah 10:18
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

Isaiah 10:19
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

Isaiah 24:10
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

Isaiah 25:2
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 26:5
For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city lies deserted--a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.


Treasury of Scripture

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

it shall

Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isaiah 28:2,17
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand…

Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

on the

Zechariah 11:2
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

the city shall be low.

Isaiah 14:22,23
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD…

Isaiah 26:5
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Nahum 1:1,8
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite…

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(19) When it shall hail, coming down on the forest.--Better, But it shall hail. A time of sharp judgment, "hailstones and coals of fire," is to precede that of blessedness and peace. Of such a judgment "hail" was the natural symbol. (Comp. Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:13.) The "forest" stands in the symbolism of prophecy for the rulers and princes of any kingdom, as in Isaiah 10:34 for those of Assyria, and here probably of Judah. Not a few commentators refer the words here also to Assyria, but the city that follows is clearly Jerusalem, and the interpretation given above harmonises accordingly better with the context. Of that city Isaiah says that it shall be "brought down to a low estate," its pride humbled even to the ground, in order that it may afterwards be exalted.

Verse 19. - When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; rather, but it shall hail in the coming down (i.e. the destruction) of the forest. "The forest" has commonly been regarded as Assyria, on the strength of Isaiah 10:18, 19, 33, 34. Mr. Cheyne, however, suggests Judah, or the high and haughty ones of Judah, whose destruction was a necessary preliminary to the establishment of Christ's kingdom. May not God's enemies generally be meant? The city. Nineveh (Lowth, Gesenius, Rosenmüller); Jerusalem (Delitzsch, Knobel, Cheyne, Kay); "the city in which the hostility of the world to Jehovah will, in the latter days, be centralized" (Drechsler, Nagel) - the "world-power," in fact. The last view seems to give the best sense.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But hail
וּבָרַ֖ד (ū·ḇā·raḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1258: To hail

will level
בְּרֶ֣דֶת (bə·re·ḏeṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

the forest,
הַיָּ֑עַר (hay·yā·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

and the city
הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

will sink
תִּשְׁפַּ֥ל (tiš·pal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased

to the depths.
וּבַשִּׁפְלָ֖ה (ū·ḇaš·šip̄·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8218: Humiliation


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