Isaiah 51:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

I will

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General references

Psalm 44:25

Jeremiah 51:24

Bible References

I will

But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:

"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

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It happened, when they brought those kings out to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." They came near, and put their feet on their necks.

You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

General references

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.