He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.
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.
- BSB He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- NKJV He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.
- 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 68:21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
- Rev 19:11I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
- John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
- Mic 4:3and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
- Isa 2:4He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
- Rev 14:20The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
- Isa 42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
- Ezek 39:11–20It shall happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop those who pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon Gog.
- Gen 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
- Isa 11:3His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
- Hab 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.
- Isa 66:16–17For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.
- Isa 34:2–8For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.
- 1 Sam 2:10Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
- Ezek 39:4You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
- Ezek 38:21–22I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
- Isa 66:24“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
- Joel 3:12–16“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
- Isa 43:2–4When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
- Isa 51:5My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
- Isa 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights — I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
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