When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.
Isaiah 27:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Has he struck them down as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their killers were killed? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Has [the Lord] smitten [Israel] as He smote those who smote them? Or have [the Israelites] been slain as their slayers were slain? American Standard Version (1901) Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them? Common English Bible Did God strike Israel as he struck those who struck him? Was Israel killed as his killers were killed? Catholic Public Domain Version Has he struck him with the scourge that he himself used to strike others? Or has he killed in the manner that he himself used to kill his victims? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? Or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him? |
When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.
The light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
At evening time, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who despoil us and the lot of those who plunder us.
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the people of Israel, says the Lord of hosts.
The Assyrian will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord when he strikes with his rod.
“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic,” says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says the Lord, so no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in her.
I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the wrong that they have done in Zion, says the Lord.
The Lord has commanded concerning you: Your name shall be perpetuated no longer; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the cast image. I will prepare your grave, for you are worthless.
There is no assuaging your hurt; your wound is mortal. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For who has ever escaped your endless cruelty?