Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away. New Living Translation It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone. English Standard Version Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes shall be nothing. Berean Standard Bible No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. King James Bible They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. New King James Version They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing. New American Standard Bible Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its officials will be nothing. NASB 1995 Its nobles— there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be nothing. NASB 1977 Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes shall be nothing. Legacy Standard Bible Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be non-existent. Amplified Bible Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be nothing. Christian Standard Bible No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. Holman Christian Standard Bible No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. American Standard Version They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. Contemporary English Version Edom will be called "Kingdom of Nothing." Its rulers will also be nothing. English Revised Version They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all her princes shall be nothing. GOD'S WORD® Translation There are no nobles to rule a kingdom. All of its princes have disappeared. Good News Translation There will be no king to rule the country, and the leaders will all be gone. International Standard Version They will name it "No Kingdom There," and all its princes will come to nothing. Majority Standard Bible No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. NET Bible Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear. New Heart English Bible They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. Webster's Bible Translation They shall call her nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. World English Bible They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey call her nobles [to] the kingdom, "" But there are none there, "" And all her princes are at an end. Young's Literal Translation To the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end. Smith's Literal Translation Its nobles shall be called to the kingdom, and none there, and all its chiefs shall be no more. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe nobles thereof shall not be there: they shall call rather upon the king, and all the princes thereof shall be nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing. New American Bible Its nobles shall be no more, nor shall kings be proclaimed there; all its princes are gone. New Revised Standard Version They shall name it No Kingdom There, and all its princes shall be nothing. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey shall no more call it a kingdom there, and all her princes shall perish. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also they shall not call the Kingdom there, and all its great ones shall be for destruction OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As for her nobles, none shall be there to be called to the kingdom; And all her princes shall be nothing. Brenton Septuagint Translation Her princes shall be no more; for her kings and her great men shall be destroyed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Judgments on the Nations…11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. 12No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. 13Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.… Cross References Revelation 18:2 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. Jeremiah 50:39 So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. Jeremiah 51:37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant. Zephaniah 2:13-15 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Malachi 1:3-4 but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. Revelation 19:17-18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Isaiah 13:19-22 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ... Jeremiah 49:33 “Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.” Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Isaiah 14:23 “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. Jeremiah 9:11 “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.” Ezekiel 35:9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. Treasury of Scripture They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. call Isaiah 3:6-8 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: … Ecclesiastes 10:16,17 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! … nothing Isaiah 41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. 1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 1 Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. Jump to Previous Chiefs End Freemen Great Jackals Kingdom Longer Nobles Nought Ones Princes Proclaim Thereof VanishJump to Next Chiefs End Freemen Great Jackals Kingdom Longer Nobles Nought Ones Princes Proclaim Thereof VanishIsaiah 34 1. The judgments wherewith God revenges his church11. The desolation of her enemies 16. The certainty of the prophecy No nobles The Hebrew word for "nobles" is "חֹרִים" (chorim), which refers to leaders or dignitaries. In the context of Isaiah 34, this phrase signifies the complete desolation and absence of leadership in Edom, a nation often at odds with Israel. Historically, Edom was known for its strong leadership and strategic location. The absence of nobles indicates a total collapse of societal structure and governance, symbolizing divine judgment and the futility of human power against God's will. will be left to proclaim a king and all her princes will come to nothing Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Noוְאֵֽין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle nobles חֹרֶ֥יהָ (ḥō·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 2715: White, pure, noble will be left to proclaim יִקְרָ֑אוּ (yiq·rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read a king, מְלוּכָ֣ה (mə·lū·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4410: Something ruled, a realm and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every her princes שָׂרֶ֖יהָ (śā·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince will come יִ֥הְיוּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to nothing. אָֽפֶס׃ (’ā·p̄es) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot Links Isaiah 34:12 NIVIsaiah 34:12 NLT Isaiah 34:12 ESV Isaiah 34:12 NASB Isaiah 34:12 KJV Isaiah 34:12 BibleApps.com Isaiah 34:12 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 34:12 Chinese Bible Isaiah 34:12 French Bible Isaiah 34:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 34:12 They shall call its nobles to (Isa Isi Is) |