For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
Parallel translations
- KJV For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
- BSB For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- 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 took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
- Dan 2:47The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.
- 1 Sam 4:8Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
- Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
- Jer 40:3and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.
- Dan 6:26–27I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
- Ezra 7:20–21Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
- Ezra 6:9–12That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
- Ezra 1:3Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
- Num 23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
- Num 23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God 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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