I have been with you every place you went. I have defeated your enemies for you. I will make you one of the most famous people on earth.
2 Samuel 22:43 - Easy To Read Version I beat my enemies into pieces.
They were like dust on the ground.
I crushed my enemies.
I walked on them
like mud in the streets. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the street and scattered them abroad. American Standard Version (1901) Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. Common English Bible I crushed them like dust on the ground; I stomped on them, trampled them like mud dumped in the streets. Catholic Public Domain Version I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets. |
I have been with you every place you went. I have defeated your enemies for you. I will make you one of the most famous people on earth.
The king of Aram defeated Jehoahaz’s army. The king of Aram destroyed most of the men in the army. He left only 50 horse soldiers, 10 chariots, [150] and 10,000 foot soldiers. Jehoahaz’s soldiers were like chaff [151] blown away by the wind at the time of threshing. [152]
I beat my enemies to pieces.\par They were like dust\par blowing in the wind.\par I crushed them into small pieces.\par
Make those people be like chaff {\cf2\super [215]} \par blown by the wind. {\cf2\super [216]} \par Let them be chased by the Lord’s angel.\par
I will send Assyria to fight against the people that do evil things. I am angry at those people, and I will command Assyria to fight against them. Assyria will defeat them and Assyria will take their wealth from them. Israel will become like dirt for Assyria to trample (walk on) in the streets.
You have helped the nation you love.\par You stopped other people\par from defeating that nation. {\cf2\super [244]} \par
\{Tell me the answers to these questions:\}\par Who woke the man \{that is coming\}\par from the east?\par Goodness walks with him.\par He uses his sword \{and defeats nations\}—\par they become like dust.\par He uses his bow and conquers kings—\par they run away like straw blown\par by the wind.\par
“I woke a person in the north. {\cf2\super [378]} \par He is coming from the east\par where the sun rises.\par He worships my name.\par A man that makes pots walks on wet clay.\par In the same way, this special man will trample (walk on) kings.”\par
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and gold broke to pieces all at the same time. And all those pieces became like chaff {\cf2\super [14]} on a threshing floor {\cf2\super [15]} in the summertime. The wind blew those pieces away, and there was nothing left. No one could tell that a statue had ever been there. Then the rock that hit the statue became a very large mountain and filled up the whole earth.
My enemy said to me,\par “Where is the Lord your God?”\par But my enemy will see this,\par and she will be ashamed.\par At that time, I will laugh at her. {\cf2\super [81]} \par People will walk over her,\par like mud in the streets.\par
\{They will defeat their enemy\}—it will be like soldiers marching through mud in the streets. They will fight, and since the Lord is with them, they will defeat even the enemy soldiers riding horses.
“Hurry! Leave the land in the North\par in a hurry!\par Yes, it is true that I scattered your people\par in every direction.\par
“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Other people will be made prisoners and taken to every country. The holy city of Jerusalem will be walked on by non-Jewish people until their time is finished.
I thought about destroying the Israelites so people would forget them completely!