At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Parallel translations
- WEB At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
- BSB At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
- NKJV At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
- NASB At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
- NLT At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.
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At God's rebuke both chariot and horse fall into a deathlike sleep.
Overview
A single rebuke from the God of Jacob is enough to immobilize the enemy's military might. The chariot and horse, symbols of strength, are rendered powerless. This echoes the Red Sea deliverance and underscores that victory comes by God's word, not human force, foreshadowing the power of Christ's word over every foe.
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Cross-references · 18
- Exod 15:1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Exod 15:21And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Ps 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- Exod 15:10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Ezek 39:20Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
- Exod 14:27–28And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- 2 Sam 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
- Jer 51:57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
- Nah 2:13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
- Exod 15:4–6Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
- Ps 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- 1 Sam 26:12So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
- Nah 3:18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
- Jer 51:39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
- Isa 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
- Ps 18:15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Nah 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
- Zech 12:4In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
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