A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Parallel translations
- WEB a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young,
- BSB a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
- NKJV a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.
- NASB a nation with a defiant attitude, who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.
- NLT a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
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This invading nation will be ruthless, showing no respect for the old or mercy to the young.
Overview
The merciless character of the invaders intensifies the horror of the judgment. Neither the elderly nor children will be spared their cruelty. This pitiless enemy embodies the full severity of the covenant curse upon a rebellious nation.
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- Isa 47:6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- 2 Chr 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
- Eccl 8:1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
- Hos 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Dan 8:23And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Dan 7:7After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Luke 21:23–24But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
- Luke 19:44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Prov 7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
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