Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
- BSB Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- NKJV Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, And all your enemies shall be cut off.
- NASB Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be eliminated.
- NLT The people of Israel will stand up to their foes, and all their enemies will be wiped out.
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Quick answer
The prophecy calls for God's people to triumph over their adversaries, who will be cut off. It declares the defeat of all who oppose them.
Overview
The lifting up of the hand signifies victory, and the enemies' being 'cut off' assures their downfall. This confidence rests not in human might but in God's promise to establish His people. It points to the ultimate vindication of God's kingdom over every hostile power.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Isa 26:11LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Ps 21:8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 10:12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- Isa 11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
- Isa 14:2–4And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
- Isa 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
- Isa 1:25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
- Rev 20:8–9And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Isa 33:10Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
- Rev 19:13–21And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
- Ps 106:26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
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