Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
Parallel translations
- KJV Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- BSB Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- NKJV Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
- NASB Assyria also has joined them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah
- NLT Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude
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Quick answer
Even mighty Assyria has joined to strengthen the descendants of Lot. The most powerful empire lends its force to the alliance.
Overview
The addition of Assyria, the dominant power of the region, gives muscle to Moab and Ammon (the children of Lot). This completes a formidable picture of overwhelming odds. The 'Selah' invites pause to weigh the gravity, and to remember that no earthly power can match the LORD of Armies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Deut 2:9Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- 2 Kgs 15:19Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
- Gen 19:37–38The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
- Gen 10:11Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
- Isa 33:2Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Gen 25:3Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
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