And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken.”
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.
- BSB Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
- 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 on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
- Isa 28:13Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
- Luke 20:17–18But he looked at them, and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?’
- Isa 59:10We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
- Rom 9:32Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
- John 6:66At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- Matt 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
- Matt 11:6Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in 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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