The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they both fall together.”
- KJV The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
- NKJV The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together.”
- NASB The nations have heard of your shame, And the earth is full of your cry of distress; For one warrior has stumbled over another, And both of them have fallen down together.
- NLT The nations have heard of your shame. The earth is filled with your cries of despair. Your mightiest warriors will run into each other and fall down together.”
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Quick answer
The nations hear of Egypt's shame as its mighty men stumble and fall together. Egypt's defeat is broadcast as public disgrace.
Overview
Egypt's humiliation becomes known throughout the earth as its warriors collapse upon one another. The verse emphasizes the completeness and notoriety of the defeat. This public shaming of a proud nation illustrates how God brings low the arrogant before all, while those who trust in Christ will never be put to shame but are clothed in His righteousness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Nah 3:8–10Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Isa 19:2“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Jer 46:6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
- Jer 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- 1 Sam 5:12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
- Isa 15:5–8My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Isa 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Ezek 32:9–12‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
- Zeph 1:10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- Jer 51:54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Jer 49:21At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
- Jer 48:34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
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