Isaiah 29:20

There will be no more people who ridicule others and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

In Context

19Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel has done.

21Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court persuade judges to make unjust decisions.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:3Yahweh says, “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish the people of Babylon because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud when they do that.”

Isaiah 28:14Because of what will happen in Samaria, you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:

Isaiah 49:25But Yahweh says this: “ Some day, those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that ◄tyrants/cruel men► have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.

Isaiah 59:4When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are constantly planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.

Daniel 7:19Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified— the beast that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed those that it attacked with its bronze claws, and then ate their flesh with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies that it did not eat.

Micah 2:3Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: “I will cause you people to experience disasters, and you will not be able to escape [MTY] from them. You will no longer walk around proudly, because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24

Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →

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