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.
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.
- BSB 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.”
- 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.”
- 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 No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
- Isa 19:2I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Jer 46:6“Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
- Jer 14:2“Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
- 1 Sam 5:12The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
- Isa 15:5–8My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Isa 10:4They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Ezek 32:9–12I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
- Zeph 1:10In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
- Jer 51:54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
- Jer 49:21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
- Jer 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also will become desolate.
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