Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- BSB I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- 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 15:44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
- 1 Sam 22:1David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- Josh 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- Isa 10:5–6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- 2 Chr 11:7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
- Jer 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
- 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?
- Isa 7:17–25The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
- Josh 12:15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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