At evening time—sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the reward of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.
Isaiah 41:12 - Tree of Life Version Though you will look for those who contended with you, you will not find them. Those who warred against you will be as nothing at all. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 reward of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.
It will be like a hungry man dreaming and behold, he is eating, but awakes with his hunger unsatisfied, or like a thirsty man dreaming and behold, he is drinking, but awakes faint, his soul thirsting. So it will be with the multitude of all the nations warring against Mount Zion.
As for its nobles, there are none there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes will come to nothing.
For thus says Adonai: “Yes, captives of the mighty will be taken and the prey of the tyrant will be freed. For I will oppose your adversary. I will save your children.
Behold, at that time I will deal with all who oppress you. I will save the lame and gather the outcast. I will make them a praise and a name throughout all the land where they suffered shame.