Isaiah 27:7

Has he struck him with the scourge that he himself used to strike others? Or has he killed in the manner that he himself used to kill his victims?

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In The King James Version

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

In Context

6As they advance with violence against Jacob, Israel will flourish and spring forth, and they will fill the face of the world with offspring.

8You will judge this by comparing one measure to another, when he has been cast out. He has decided this, by his stern spirit, for the day of heat.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:22But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.

Isaiah 17:14In the time of the evening, behold: there will be a disturbance. When it is early morning, he will not remain. This is the portion of those who have devastated us, and this is the lot of those who have plundered us.

Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may save you. For I will bring about the consummation of all the nations, among which I have scattered you. But I will not bring about your consummation. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, so that you will not seem innocent to yourself.”

Jeremiah 50:40Just as the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, says the Lord, no man will live there, and a son of man will not tend it.

Daniel 2:31You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.

Nahum 3:19Your destruction is not hidden; your wound is grievous. All who have heard of your fame have clenched their hands over you, because over whom has your wickedness not trampled continually?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:2-7

The Doom of Persecutors; The Privilege of Saints. ( b. c. 718.) 1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through… Read the whole commentary →

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