You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great — even beyond the border of Israel!”
- KJV And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
- NKJV Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, ‘The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’
- NASB And your eyes will see this, and you will say, “The Lord be exalted beyond the border of Israel!”
- NLT When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, ‘Truly, the Lord’s greatness reaches far beyond Israel’s borders!’”
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Quick answer
Israel will witness God's dealings with Edom and be moved to confess that the LORD is great beyond their own borders.
Overview
God's acts in history are meant to renew Israel's confidence in His love and greatness. Seeing His justice on Edom, the people are called to acknowledge that His sovereign rule extends over all nations, not Israel alone. This anticipates the gospel's universal scope, in which God's greatness is declared among every people through Christ.
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- Deut 11:7For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
- Luke 10:23–24Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
- Ps 83:17–18May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- Ps 35:26–27May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Ezek 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
- 2 Chr 29:8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.
- 1 Sam 12:16Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
- Deut 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Mic 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
- Ezek 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Josh 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
- Ezek 39:21–22I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
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