Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!”
- BSB Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
- NKJV “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
- NASB Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”
- NLT Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”
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Quick answer
The LORD tells Israel to cry to the gods they chose and let those gods save them. The challenge exposes the impotence of their idols.
Overview
With biting irony God sends Israel to the false gods they preferred, knowing those idols can save no one. The command forces them to confront the worthlessness of their idolatry. It is a severe mercy intended to make plain that the LORD alone is Savior, deepening their need to truly return to him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 32:37–38And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
- Jer 2:28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
- Prov 1:25–27But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
- Isa 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
- Deut 32:26–28I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
- 2 Kgs 3:13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
- 1 Kgs 18:27–28And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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