Isaiah 9:11

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“The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah setteth the adversaries of Rezin on high above him, And his enemies he joineth together,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 9:11 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
  2. 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
  3. Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  4. Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
  5. Isaiah 8:4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  6. Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  7. Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
  8. Isaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
  9. Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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