Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed

16 In that day the Egyptians will be (A)like women, and (B)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.

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16 In that day(A) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(B) They will shudder with fear(C) at the uplifted hand(D) that the Lord Almighty raises against them.

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13 Behold, your troops
    (A)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has devoured your bars.

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13 Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.(A)
The gates(B) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(C)

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30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
    (A)they have become women;
(B)her dwellings are on fire;
    (C)her bars are broken.

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30 Babylon’s warriors(A) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.(B)
Her dwellings are set on fire;(C)
    the bars(D) of her gates are broken.

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15 And the Lord will utterly destroy[a]
    (A)the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over (B)the River[b]
    with his scorching breath,[c]
and strike it into seven channels,
    and he will lead people across in sandals.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
  2. Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates
  3. Isaiah 11:15 Or wind

15 The Lord will dry up(A)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(B) he will sweep his hand(C)
    over the Euphrates River.(D)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(E)

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37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
    and against all (A)the foreign troops in her midst,
    that (B)they may become women!
(C)A sword against all her treasures,
    that they may be plundered!

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37 A sword against her horses and chariots(A)
    and all the foreigners in her ranks!
    They will become weaklings.(B)
A sword against her treasures!(C)
    They will be plundered.

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32 This very day he will halt at (A)Nob;
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of (B)the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

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32 This day they will halt at Nob;(A)
    they will shake their fist(B)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(C)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

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31 (A)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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31 It is a dreadful thing(A) to fall into the hands(B) of the living God.(C)

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“Behold, (A)I will shake my hand over them, (B)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (C)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

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I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](A) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: “I … plunder them.”

“Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
    of terror, and no peace.
Ask now, and see,
    can a man bear a child?
(A)Why then do I see every man
    with his hands on his stomach (B)like a woman in labor?
    (C)Why has every face turned pale?
Alas! (D)That day is so great
    (E)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

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“This is what the Lord says:

“‘Cries of fear(A) are heard—
    terror, not peace.
Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,(B)
    every face turned deathly pale?(C)
How awful that day(D) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(E) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(F) out of it.

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30 And the Lord (A)will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger (B)and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst (C)and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, (D)when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them (E)will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. (F)Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them.

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30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(A)
    and will make them see his arm(B) coming down
with raging anger(C) and consuming fire,(D)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm(E) and hail.(F)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(G)
    with his rod he will strike(H) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(I)
will be to the music of timbrels(J) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(K)

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17 (A)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
    at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
    like a signal on a hill.

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17 A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(A)
    you will all flee(B) away,
till you are left(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner(D) on a hill.”

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(A)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish (B)as of a woman in labor.

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Trembling seized(A) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(B)

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