Isaiah 51:23 “I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie do…”

Isaiah 51:23

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

World English Bible

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”

American Standard Version

and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I will put it into their hande that spoile thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bowe downe, that wee may goe ouer, and thou hast layde thy bodie as the grounde, and as the streete to them that went ouer.

Darby Translation

and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!'

Bible in Basic English

And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.

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Cross references

“I will”

Zechariah 12:2 Proverbs 11:8 Proverbs 21:18 Revelation 17:6–8 Revelation 17:18 Isaiah 49:25

Zechariah 12:2 · BSB

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

Proverbs 11:8 · BSB

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

Proverbs 21:18 · BSB

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

Revelation 17:6–8 · BSB

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

Revelation 17:18 · BSB

And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:25 · BSB

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

“Bow”

Joshua 10:24 Revelation 11:2 Psalm 65:11 Psalm 65:12 Revelation 13:16 Revelation 13:17

Joshua 10:24 · BSB

When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forw…

Revelation 11:2 · BSB

But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Psalm 65:11 · BSB

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

Psalm 65:12 · BSB

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

Revelation 13:16 · BSB

And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

Revelation 13:17 · BSB

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Also

Jeremiah 25:15–29

Jeremiah 25:15–29 · BSB

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

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