And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who 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 thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
- Judg 2:14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
- Judg 4:1–2And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
- Judg 3:8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
- Judg 3:12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Deut 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
- Deut 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Judg 6:1–6And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Judg 10:7–18And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
- Deut 28:33The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
- Deut 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
- Deut 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
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