Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me. I will punish all who oppress them.
- BSB Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
- NKJV Their children also shall be as before, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all who oppress them.
- NASB ‘Their children also will be as before, And their congregation will be established before Me; And I will punish all their oppressors.
- NLT Their children will prosper as they did long ago. I will establish them as a nation before me, and I will punish anyone who hurts them.
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Quick answer
Their children will be reestablished and their community secured before God, who will punish their oppressors. The people will be settled and protected.
Overview
God promises generational continuity and a congregation firmly established in His presence. He also pledges to judge those who oppress them. This security under God's favor reflects the steadfast care He extends to His covenant people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- Jer 50:33–34Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
- Jer 2:3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
- Gen 17:5–9Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
- Isa 51:22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
- Ps 102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
- Ps 102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Isa 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Isa 54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
- Jer 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
- Ps 90:16–17Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
- Isa 1:26–27And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
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