“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.”
- KJV Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
- NKJV “Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord.
- NASB ¶“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know— This time I will make them know My power and My might; And they will know that My name is the Lord.”
- NLT The Lord says, “Now I will show them my power; now I will show them my might. At last they will know and understand that I am the Lord.
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Quick answer
God declares that He will at last make them know His power and might, so they will know that His name is the LORD. Through judgment, even a rebellious people will be brought to acknowledge who He truly is.
Overview
God's purpose in judgment is not merely punitive but revelatory: that they may know His hand, His might, and His name, Yahweh. This recurring aim, that people would know the LORD, runs throughout the prophets. It finds its fullest realization in Christ, through whom God makes His name and saving power known to the ends of the earth (John 17:6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Jer 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
- Ps 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Exod 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
- Ezek 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Exod 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
- Ezek 25:14I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
- Ezek 24:27On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezek 24:24‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
- Exod 9:14–18Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
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