But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
- BSB But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
- NKJV The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
- NASB But wrongdoers and sinners together will be broken, And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.
- NLT But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the Lord will be consumed.
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Quick answer
But transgressors and those who forsake the LORD will be destroyed together. Persistent rebellion ends in ruin alongside the redemption of the penitent.
Overview
Verses 27-28 set the redeemed and the rebellious in stark contrast. Those who abandon God face consumption rather than restoration. This division foreshadows the final separation of the faithful and the unbelieving at Christ's judgment.
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- Ps 1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
- 2 Th 1:8–9giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
- Rev 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
- Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
- Isa 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- Ps 73:27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
- Isa 65:11“But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
- Ps 9:5You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
- Ps 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
- Ps 92:9For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
- Isa 66:24“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
- Ps 104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
- 1 Kgs 9:6–9But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Prov 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
- Luke 12:45–46But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
- 1 Chr 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- Isa 50:11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: You will lie down in sorrow.
- 1 Th 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
- Ps 37:38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Zeph 1:4–6I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
- 1 Sam 12:25But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.”
- 2 Pet 3:7But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Ps 5:6You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
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