Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, ‘They are desolate; they have been given to us as food to eat!’
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they have been given us to devour.
- KJV And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
- BSB Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
- NKJV Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’
- NASB Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are desolate; they have been given to us as food.’
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God has heard all Edom's insults against the mountains of Israel, gloating that they were laid waste for the taking. Nothing spoken against God's people escapes His notice.
Overview
Edom mocked, 'They are laid desolate, they have been given us to devour,' treating Israel's ruin as their feast. God declares, 'I have heard'—their words were not idle but recorded against them. The verse reveals a God who hears every scornful word aimed at His people and holds the speakers accountable, a comfort to the persecuted and a warning to mockers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ezek 36:2Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
- Ps 83:12who said, “Let us take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
- Ps 94:9–10He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
- Ezek 6:7The slain shall fall among you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezek 35:9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Jer 50:7All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’
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