He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Parallel translations
- WEB He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
- BSB He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
- NKJV He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,
- NASB He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their souls from death, But turned their lives over to the plague,
- NLT He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague.
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God cleared a path for His anger and gave Egypt over to pestilence. He did not spare the lives of His enemies.
Overview
The Lord 'made a path for his anger,' allowing judgment to proceed unchecked against Egypt's hardened defiance. Pestilence claimed many lives as part of His righteous response. This sobering picture of unsparing judgment magnifies the wonder that, in Christ, God's own Son was not spared so that we might be.
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- Ezek 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- 2 Pet 2:4–5For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- Exod 9:3–6Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
- Rom 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
- Ezek 9:10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
- Ezek 8:18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Ezek 7:9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
- Ezek 5:11Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
- Job 27:22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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