Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
- KJV Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
- NKJV “Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
- NASB “Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
- NLT “See, all your angry enemies lie there, confused and humiliated. Anyone who opposes you will die and come to nothing.
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Quick answer
All who rage against God's people will be shamed and come to nothing.
Overview
God assures Israel that their adversaries will be put to shame and perish. The enemies who seem formidable will prove powerless against the people God upholds. This is the converse of the promise in verse 10: God's protection means the defeat of His servant's foes.
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- Exod 23:22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
- Isa 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Rev 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
- Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
- Acts 13:8–11But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Isa 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Dan 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Exod 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
- Isa 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
- Isa 60:12–14For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
- Zech 12:3On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
- Isa 29:8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isa 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
- Isa 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
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