It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
aThe land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
bNo man shall spare his brother.
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
aAnd not be satisfied;
bEvery man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
Together they shall be aagainst Judah.
bFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
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American Standard Version
And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Amplified® Bible
They snatch in discord on the right hand, but are still hungry [their cruelty not diminished]; and they devour {and} destroy on the left hand, but are not satisfied. Each devours {and} destroys his own flesh [and blood] {or} his neighbor's.
Contemporary English Version
like wild animals attacking and eating everyone around them, even their own relatives. But still they were not satisfied.
Darby English Version
and he snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry, and eateth on the left hand; and they are not satisfied. They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Good News Bible
Everywhere in the country people snatch and eat any bit of food they can find, but their hunger is never satisfied. They even eat their own children!
King James Version
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
New American Standard Bible
They slice off {what is} on the right hand but {still} are hungry, And they eat {what is} on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.
New International Version
On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;
on the left they will eat,
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of his own offspring :
New King James Version
And he shall snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
And not be satisfied;
Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They slice off what exists on the right hand but still hunger, And they eat what they find on the left hand but they have not had satisfaction; Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.
Revised Standard Version
They snatch on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours his neighbor's flesh,
Young's Literal Translation
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.
New English Translation
They devoured1 on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate2 the flesh of their own arm!3
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