Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.

New American Standard Bible

I have heard a message from the Lord,
And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying,
Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”

King James Version

I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Holman Bible

I have heard a message from the Lord;
a messenger has been sent among the nations:
Assemble yourselves to come against her.
Rise up for war!

International Standard Version

I've heard a message from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Gather together and come up against her, and rise up to fight.

A Conservative Version

I have heard news from LORD. And an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

American Standard Version

I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations,'saying , Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Amplified


I have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent to the nations, saying,
“Gather together and come against her,
And rise up for the battle.”

Darby Translation

I have heard a rumour from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her and rise up for the battle.

Julia Smith Translation

I heard a report from Jehovah, and a messenger sent to the nations: Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up for war.

King James 2000

I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the nations, saying, Gather you together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have heard a message from Yahweh, and a messenger has been sent among the nations. "Gather and come against her, and rise for the battle."

Modern King James verseion

I have heard a message from Jehovah, and a herald is sent to the nations, saying, Gather together and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For I am perfectly informed of the LORD, that he hath sent a message already unto the Heathen. Gather you together, and go forth against them: make you ready to the battle,

NET Bible

I said, "I have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations to say, 'Gather your armies and march out against her! Prepare to do battle with her!'"

New Heart English Bible

I have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle."

The Emphasized Bible

A report, have I heard from Yahweh, Yea, an envoy, throughout the nations, hath been sent, - Gather yourselves together and come against her, And arise to the battle.

Webster

I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Assemble, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

World English Bible

I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

Youngs Literal Translation

A report I have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations is sent, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
a rumour
שׁמוּעה 
Sh@muw`ah 
Usage: 27

from the Lord

Usage: 0

and an ambassador
ציר 
Tsiyr 
Usage: 12

is sent
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

and come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

against her, and rise up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Edom

13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever. 14 Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight. 15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:4

For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.

Isaiah 13:2-3

Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.

Isaiah 18:2-3

Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.

Isaiah 37:7

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.

Jeremiah 50:9-16

For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.

Jeremiah 51:11

Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

Jeremiah 51:27-28

Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts.

Jeremiah 51:46

So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.

Ezekiel 7:25-26

Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

Obadiah 1:1-4

The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her.

Matthew 24:6

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

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