All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Parallel translations
- WEB all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
- BSB all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- NKJV All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
- NASB Humanity would perish together, And mankind would return to dust.
- NLT all life would cease, and humanity would turn again to dust.
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Quick answer
God warns against covenants with the inhabitants, lest Israel be drawn into their idolatrous feasts. Spiritual unfaithfulness is pictured as prostitution.
Overview
The danger is that fellowship with idolaters leads to sharing in their sacrifices and so to 'playing the prostitute' after their gods. The marital imagery underscores that idolatry is covenant betrayal of Israel's divine husband. It warns that compromising associations can erode exclusive devotion to the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Eccl 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Isa 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
- Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
- Job 9:22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- Ps 90:3–10Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Isa 27:4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
- Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
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