Add parallel Print Page Options

10 I will come[a] against the wayward people to punish them,
    and nations shall be gathered against them
    when they are punished[b] for their double iniquity.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 10.10 Cn Compare Gk: Heb In my desire
  2. 10.10 Gk: Heb bound

10 When I please, I will punish(A) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.

Read full chapter

13 “My anger shall spend itself, and I will vent my fury on them and satisfy myself, and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury on them.(A)

Read full chapter

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(A) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(B) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(C)

Read full chapter

And it shall be like people, like priest;
    I will punish them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(A)

Read full chapter

And it will be: Like people, like priests.(A)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(B)

Read full chapter

16 I am now sending for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall catch them, and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.(A)

Read full chapter

16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.(A) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt(B) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.(C)

Read full chapter

The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.(A)

Read full chapter

The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(A) and burned their city.

Read full chapter

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.(A) Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.(B)

Read full chapter

I will gather all the nations(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(D) Then the Lord will go out and fight(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.(F)

Read full chapter

10 Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go forth from the city
    and camp in the open country;
    you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
    there the Lord will redeem you
    from the hands of your enemies.(A)

11 Now many nations
    are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be profaned,
    and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”(B)
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
    that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.(C)
13 Arise and thresh,
    O daughter Zion,
for I will make your horn iron
    and your hoofs bronze;
you shall beat in pieces many peoples
    and shall[b] devote their gain to the Lord,
    their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.(D)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 4.13 Gk Syr Tg: Heb and I will

10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(B) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.

11 But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat(C) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(D)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(E) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”(F)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(G)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Read full chapter

10 Though they bargain with the nations,
    I will now gather them up.
They shall soon writhe
    under the burden of kings and princes.(A)

Read full chapter

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
    I will now gather them together.(A)
They will begin to waste away(B)
    under the oppression of the mighty king.

Read full chapter

Israel’s Apostasy

Set the trumpet to your lips!
    One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
    and transgressed my law.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

“Put the trumpet(A) to your lips!
    An eagle(B) is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant(C)
    and rebelled against my law.(D)

Read full chapter

46 For thus says the Lord God: Bring up an assembly against them, and make them an object of terror and of plunder.

Read full chapter

46 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring a mob(A) against them and give them over to terror and plunder.(B)

Read full chapter

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.(A)

Read full chapter

“Therefore I delivered her into the hands(A) of her lovers,(B) the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.(C)

Read full chapter

42 So I will satisfy my fury on you, and my jealousy shall turn away from you; I will be calm and will be angry no longer.

Read full chapter

42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.(A)

Read full chapter

37 therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated; I will gather them against you from all around and will uncover your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness.(A)

Read full chapter

37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip(A) you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.(B)

Read full chapter