And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Parallel translations
- WEB But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh 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 the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- 2 Th 1:8–9In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Rev 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Job 31:3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
- Isa 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
- Ps 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
- Isa 65:11But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
- Ps 9:5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
- Ps 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- Ps 92:9For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
- Isa 66:24And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
- Ps 104:35Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 9:6–9But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will 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, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Luke 12:45–46But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
- 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- Isa 50:11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
- 1 Th 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Ps 37:38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Zeph 1:4–6I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
- 1 Sam 12:25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 2 Pet 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
- Ps 5:6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
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