Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
- KJV And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- NKJV And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken.”
- NASB “Many will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will be snared and caught.”
- NLT Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.”
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Quick answer
Many will stumble over the Lord and fall into judgment because they reject him.
Overview
Those who refuse to trust God will trip over the very stone that could have been their refuge, falling and being captured. The verse describes the ruin that follows persistent unbelief. Read with verse 14, it foreshadows how rejecting Christ, the stumbling-stone, leads to spiritual downfall.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Isa 28:13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Luke 20:17–18But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- Isa 59:10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
- Rom 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- Matt 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- Matt 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
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Christ at the center
Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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