For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off —
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- KJV For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
- BSB For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
- NKJV For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—
- NASB For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
- NLT The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.
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The ruthless and the scoffers will be brought to nothing, and evildoers cut off.
Overview
God's restoration includes the removal of the cruel, the mockers, and those bent on evil. The oppressors who afflicted the humble will come to an end. This assures that God's renewing reign means both blessing for the lowly and the final removal of wickedness.
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- Mic 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Isa 28:14–22Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
- Isa 59:4No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
- Isa 13:3I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
- Isa 29:5But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
- Mark 3:2–6They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
- Hab 1:6–7For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
- Dan 7:7After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
- Rev 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
- Isa 49:25But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
- Isa 25:4–5For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
- Luke 23:35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
- Mark 2:6–7But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Isa 51:13Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Dan 7:19–25Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
- Luke 13:14–17The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
- Luke 20:20–23They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
- Luke 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
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