But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
Parallel translations
- WEB But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
- KJV And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
- 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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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 the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- 2 Th 1:8–9in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Isa 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
- Ps 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
- Isa 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Ps 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- Ps 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Ps 92:9For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
- Isa 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- Ps 104:35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
- 1 Kgs 9:6–9But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
- Prov 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Luke 12:45–46But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- 1 Chr 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Isa 50:11Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
- 1 Th 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Ps 37:38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
- Zeph 1:4–6“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
- 1 Sam 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
- 2 Pet 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Ps 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
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