So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.
Deuteronomy 28:43 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The resident foreigner among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The transient (stranger) among you shall mount up higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. American Standard Version (1901) The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. Common English Bible The immigrants who live among you will be promoted over you, higher and higher! But you will be demoted, lower and lower! Catholic Public Domain Version The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The stranger that liveth with thee in the land shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower. |
So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.
Finally, the Lord removed Israel from his presence just as he had declared through all his servants the prophets. So Israel has been exiled to Assyria from their homeland to this very day.
Her adversaries have become her masters; her enemies are at ease, for the Lord has made her suffer because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the adversary.
The Lord has done what he planned; he has accomplished his decree, which he ordained in days of old. He has demolished without compassion, letting the enemy gloat over you and exalting the horn of your adversaries.
Pilate told them, ‘You take him and judge him according to your law.’ ‘It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,’ the Jews declared.
They shouted, ‘Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him! ’ Pilate said to them, ‘Should I crucify your king? ’ ‘We have no king but Caesar! ’ the chief priests answered.
The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upwards and never downwards if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.
Now his father and mother did not know this was from the Lord, who wanted the Philistines to provide an opportunity for a confrontation. At that time, the Philistines were ruling Israel.
Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a trap for you.’
So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.