Isaiah 31:8

Conservative English Version

The Assyrians will be killed, but not by the swords of humans. Their young men will try to escape, but they will be captured and forced into slavery.

Cross References

Genesis 49:15

You found them so pleasant that you worked too hard and became a slave.

2 Chronicles 32:21

and he sent an angel that killed every soldier and commander in the Assyrian camp. Sennacherib returned to Assyria, completely disgraced. Then one day he went into the temple of his god where some of his sons killed him.

Isaiah 10:12

The Lord will do what he has planned against Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Then he will punish the proud and boastful king of Assyria,

Isaiah 10:25

Soon I will stop being angry with you, and I will punish them for their crimes.

Isaiah 14:2

Other nations will lead them home, and Israel will make slaves of them in the land that belongs to the Lord. Israel will rule over those who once governed and mistreated them.

Isaiah 14:25

I will wipe out every Assyrian in my country, and I will crush those on my mountains. I will free my people from slavery to the Assyrians.

Isaiah 17:13

But even if they roar like a fearsome flood, God will give the command to turn them back. They will be like dust, or like a tumbleweed blowing across the hills in a windstorm.

Isaiah 21:15

They are worn out and weary from being chased by enemies with swords and arrows.

Isaiah 27:7

I, the LORD, didn't punish and kill the people of Israel as fiercely as I punished and killed their enemies.

Isaiah 29:5

Then your cruel enemies will suddenly be swept away like dust in a windstorm.

Isaiah 33:1

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

Isaiah 37:7

I will upset him with rumors about what's happening in his own country. He will go back, and there I will make him die a violent death.

Isaiah 66:16

The LORD's fiery sword will bring justice everywhere on this earth and execute many people.

Jeremiah 46:10

But the LORD All-Powerful will win this battle and take revenge on his enemies. His sword will eat them and drink their blood until it is full. They will be killed in the north near the Euphrates River, as a sacrifice to the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:28

The LORD God said: Ezekiel, son of man, the Ammonites have insulted Israel, so condemn them and tell them I am saying: A sword is drawn, ready to slaughter; it is polished and prepared to kill as fast as lightning.

Hosea 1:7

But I am the LORD God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power--not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry."