I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- KJV Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
- NKJV I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
- NASB Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, You inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter Adullam.
- NLT O people of Mareshah, I will bring a conqueror to capture your town. And the leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.
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Quick answer
God will bring a conqueror against Mareshah, and Israel's glory will flee to Adullam's cave. It foretells humiliation and refuge-seeking for the proud.
Overview
Mareshah ('possession') will itself be possessed by an invader, another reversal of fortune. The 'glory of Israel' fleeing to Adullam recalls David hiding in that cave, evoking days of vulnerability and exile from power. The verse pictures the nation's leaders reduced to fugitives, stripped of their former honor.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Josh 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Sam 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- Josh 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Isa 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- 2 Chr 11:7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
- Jer 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
- Isa 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Isa 7:17–25The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
- Josh 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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