He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.
- KJV And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that 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.
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Cross-references · 12
- Neh 9:27–38So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
- Judg 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Judg 4:1–2After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judg 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
- Judg 3:12Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Deut 28:48you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Deut 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Judg 6:1–6Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judg 10:7–18So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
- Deut 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
- Deut 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Deut 28:29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
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