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.
Isaiah 41:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. Common English Bible You will look for your opponents, and won’t find them. Those who fight you will be of no account and will die. Catholic Public Domain Version You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee. They shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee. |
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.
Just as when a hungry person dreams of eating and wakes up still hungry or a thirsty person dreams of drinking and wakes up faint, still thirsty, so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.
They shall call its nobles No Kingdom There, and all its princes shall be nothing.
But thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken, and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.