Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. O that thou wouldest rend the heavens! The particle lv' (lu) appears to me, in this passage, to denote a wish; for, although it has many significations, yet the context shews that this signification is more appropriate to this passage than any other. Here believers burst forth into earnest…