Isaiah 2:15

New King James Version

Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
or like the tall towers and high walls, but they will be brought down.

New Living Translation
He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall.

Update Bible Version
and on every lofty tower, and on every fortified wall,

New Century Version
every tall tower and every high, strong wall,

New English Translation
for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

Webster's Bible Translation
And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,

World English Bible
For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall,

Amplified Bible
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

English Standard Version
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and on ech hiy tour, and on ech strong wal;

English Revised Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;

Berean Standard Bible
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

Contemporary English Version
every strong fortress,

American Standard Version
and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

Bible in Basic English
And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;

Complete Jewish Bible
for every high tower, for every fortified wall;

Darby Translation
and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall;

King James Version (1611)
And vpon euery high tower, and vpon euery fenced wall,

New Life Bible
against every high tower, and against every strong wall.

New Revised Standard
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon euery hie tower, and vpon euery strong wall,

George Lamsa Translation
And against every high tower, and against every fenced wall,

Good News Translation
every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And upon every high tower, - And upon every fortress wall;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.

Revised Standard Version
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon euery high towre, and vpon euery fenced wall,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,

Christian Standard Bible®
against every high tower,against every fortified wall,

Hebrew Names Version
For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall,

King James Version
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Lexham English Bible
and against every kind of high tower, and against every kind of fortified wall,

Literal Translation
and against every tall tower; and against every fortified wall;

Young's Literal Translation
And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vpon all costly towres, and vpon all stronge walles,

New American Standard Bible
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

Legacy Standard Bible
Against every lofty tower,Against every fortified wall,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty. ¹¹ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹² For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low-- ¹³ Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; ¹⁴ Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; ¹⁵ Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; ¹⁶ Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. ¹⁷ The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, ¹⁸ But the idols He shall utterly abolish. ¹⁹ They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Isaiah 28:18 - when Isaiah 30:25 - upon every high

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

Job 31:33
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

Psalms 128:2
When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall. Which may signify everything that serves to support and defend the antichristian hierarchy, particularly the secular powers. The Targum paraphrases it,

"and upon all that dwell in a high tower, and upon all that reside by a fortified wall.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every high tower - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of observation (compare the note at Isaiah 21:5), or in places of strength, to be a refuge for an army, and to be a point from which they might sally out to attack their enemies. They were “high” to afford a defense against being scaled by an enemy, and also that from the top they might look abroad for observation; and also to annoy an enemy from the top, when the foe approached the walls of a city.

Every fenced wall - הומה בצוּרה betsûrâh hômâh. The word “fenced,” בצוּרה betsûrâh, is from בצר bâtsar, to make inaccessible, and hence, to fortify. It denotes a wall that is inaccessible, or strongly fortified. Cities were commonly surrounded by high and strong walls to defend them from enemies. The sense is, God would overturn all their strong places of refuge and defense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 2:15. Isaiah 2:13.