He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
- KJV He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- NKJV He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.
- NASB He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.
- NLT He will punish the nations and fill their lands with corpses; he will shatter heads over the whole earth.
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Quick answer
The Messiah will judge the nations, fill the field with the slain, and crush rulers across the earth. His victory over evil is universal and complete.
Overview
The vivid battlefield imagery depicts the comprehensive defeat of all who oppose God's King. This is judgment language, affirming that the Messiah's reign ends in total triumph over the world's rebellious powers. It points to the final reckoning when Christ overthrows all evil and establishes righteousness (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 68:21Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
- Rev 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- Mic 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
- Isa 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Rev 14:20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
- Isa 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Ezek 39:11–20And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Isa 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- Hab 3:13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- Isa 66:16–17For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
- Isa 34:2–8The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- 1 Sam 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- Ezek 39:4On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
- Ezek 38:21–22And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
- Isa 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- Joel 3:12–16Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
- Isa 43:2–4When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
- Isa 51:5My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
- Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
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