“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.
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.
- BSB Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Exod 23:22But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
- Isa 45:24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
- Rev 3:9Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
- Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Acts 16:39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
- Acts 13:8–11But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
- Isa 49:26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Dan 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?
- Exod 11:8All these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you”; and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
- Isa 41:29Behold, all of them, their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
- Isa 60:12–14For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Zech 12:3It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
- Isa 29:8It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
- Isa 40:17All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
- Isa 41:24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
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