For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Parallel translations
- WEB For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
- KJV For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
- NKJV For their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
- NASB “Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock; Even our enemies themselves judge this.
- NLT But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.
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Quick answer
Even Israel's enemies concede that their rock is not like the true Rock. It matters because it affirms the LORD's unmatched supremacy over all false gods.
Overview
The 'rock' of the nations, their gods and strength, cannot compare to Israel's God. That even adversaries acknowledge this highlights God's incomparable greatness. This contrast between the true Rock and all rivals points to Christ, the chief cornerstone, on whom alone a sure foundation can be built.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Dan 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- 1 Sam 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Dan 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
- Jer 40:3and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
- Dan 6:26–27I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
- Ezra 7:20–21And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.
- Ezra 6:9–12Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.
- Ezra 1:3Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
- Num 23:8How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
- Num 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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