You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you will know that I am Yahweh.
- KJV Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- NKJV You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
- NASB You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord.
- NLT You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
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Quick answer
They will fall by the sword at Israel's border, and so know that He is Yahweh. It promises judgment that vindicates God's name.
Overview
The judgment will reach even to the borders of Israel, fulfilled historically when fleeing leaders were captured and executed (cf. 2 Kings 25). The refrain "you will know that I am Yahweh" shows that judgment reveals God's sovereign reality. Even in wrath, God makes Himself known. The God who must be known as judge is graciously known as Savior through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 2 Kgs 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- Jer 52:9–10The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
- Ezek 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Jer 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- 2 Kgs 25:19–21Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 1 Kgs 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Jer 52:24–27The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Josh 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Ezek 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 13:23therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
- Jer 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- Ezek 13:21I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Num 34:8–9and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- Ezek 13:14I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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