And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.
- KJV And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
- NKJV Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
- NASB “So now I will uncover her lewdness Before the eyes of her lovers, And no one will rescue her from My hand.
- NLT I will strip her naked in public, while all her lovers look on. No one will be able to rescue her from my hands.
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Quick answer
God will publicly expose the nation's shame before her lovers, and no idol will be able to rescue her. The impotence of false gods is laid bare.
Overview
The 'lovers,' the Baals she trusted, are shown powerless to deliver her from God's hand. Public exposure of her lewdness underscores that idolatry leads not to security but to humiliation. The verse declares the central lesson of the chapter: there is no deliverance outside of Yahweh, and every rival to Him will fail those who trust in it.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 12:2–3There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Ezek 23:29They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
- Ezek 16:36–37This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
- Hos 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
- Prov 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
- Isa 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Jer 13:26So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- Ps 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Hos 5:13–14When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
- Jer 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
- Mic 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
- Hos 13:7–8So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
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