¶Now on that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
Parallel translations
- WEB “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
- KJV And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
- BSB “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
- NKJV “In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
- NLT “In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away.
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Quick answer
In that day the glory of Jacob will fade and his prosperity grow lean. Israel's strength and abundance will waste away under judgment.
Overview
The Lord foretells the diminishing of the northern kingdom, its former glory wasting like a body grown thin. The fatness of plenty gives way to leanness as judgment takes its toll. Yet the language of a remnant in the following verses hints that God will preserve a humbled few.
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- Isa 10:16Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
- Deut 32:15–27But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
- Isa 9:8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it falls on Israel.
- Isa 24:13For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
- Ezek 34:20Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
- Isa 10:4They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isa 24:16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
- Zeph 2:11Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
- Isa 9:21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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