For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
Jeremiah 50:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found and captured because you pitted yourself against the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I set a trap for you, and you also were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and also caught because you have struggled and contended against the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah. Common English Bible You set a trap for others, Babylon, but you yourself were caught in it unaware; you have been found and captured because you have defied the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version I have ensnared you, and you have been captured, O Babylon, and you did not realize it. You have been discovered and seized, because you provoked the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have caused thee to fall into a snare and thou art taken, O Babylon: and thou wast not aware of it. Thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord. |
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer.
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.
For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.
I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their iniquities. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
‘Woe to the one who argues with his Maker – one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it, “What are you making? ” Or does your work say, “He has no hands”?
Panic, pit, and trap await you, resident of Moab. This is the Lord’s declaration.
He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep for ever and never wake up. This is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name.
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound – perhaps she can be healed.
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.