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Isaiah 51:23

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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.

But I will put {H7760} it into the hand {H3027} of them that afflict {H3013} thee; which have said {H559} to thy soul {H5315}, Bow down {H7812}, that we may go over {H5674}: and thou hast laid {H7760} thy body {H1460} as the ground {H776}, and as the street {H2351}, to them that went over {H5674}.

I will put it in the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bend down, so we can trample you,' and you flattened your back on the ground like a street for them to walk on."

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

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

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 10:24 (5 votes)

    And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

  • Zechariah 12:2 (4 votes)

    Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem.

  • Revelation 11:2 (2 votes)

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.

  • Psalms 65:11 (2 votes)

    Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

  • Psalms 65:12 (2 votes)

    They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

  • Proverbs 11:8 (2 votes)

    ¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Jeremiah 25:15 (2 votes)

    ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.