For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
- BSB Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
- ESV For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
- NKJV For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
- NASB For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
- NLT Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.
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Quick answer
Those far from God will perish, for he destroys all who are unfaithful to him.
Overview
Asaph states the sober counterpart to his hope: distance from God ends in destruction. Unfaithfulness, pictured as spiritual adultery, leads to ruin. This solemn warning underscores that true life is found only in nearness to God, a nearness reconciled and restored through Christ (Ephesians 2:13).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jas 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
- Ps 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
- Exod 34:15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
- Num 15:39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
- Rev 17:1–5And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
- Ps 106:39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
- Isa 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
- Job 21:14–15Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Eph 2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
- Eph 2:13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- Jer 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
- Matt 15:7–8Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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