He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
- BSB He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- NKJV And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, And those who hated them ruled over them.
- NASB So He handed them over to the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.
- NLT He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.
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Quick answer
God handed Israel over to the nations, so that their enemies ruled over them.
Overview
This describes the covenant curses warned of in Deuteronomy: when Israel forsook the LORD, he removed his protection and gave them into the power of hostile peoples. Their subjection to those who hated them was a direct consequence of abandoning their God. It illustrates that sin enslaves, and prepares for the cry for redemption that runs through the rest of the psalm and finds its answer in Christ the Deliverer.
Cross-references & the web
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- Neh 9:27–38Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
- Judg 2:14Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
- Judg 4:1–2The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
- Judg 3:8Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
- Judg 3:12The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
- Deut 28:48therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he has destroyed you.
- Deut 28:25Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Judg 6:1–6The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Judg 10:7–18Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
- Deut 28:33A nation which you don’t know eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always;
- Deut 32:30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
- Deut 28:29You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you.
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