Isaiah 28:21

The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

In Context

20you⌃ that are distressed; we can’t fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.

22Therefore do not you⌃ rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:21And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.

Joshua 10:11And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword in the battle.

2 Samuel 5:20And David came from + 5:20 Heb. Baal-perazim. Upper Breaches, and struck the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called + 5:20 Thus in English or other languages, Underskiddaw, Unterseen, etc. Over Breaches.

1 Chronicles 14:11And he went up to Baal Pharasin, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken through enemies by my hand like a breach of water: therefore he called the name of that place, the Breach of Pharasin.

Isaiah 10:12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Sion and Jerusalem, that I will visit upon the + 10:12 Gr. great mind proud heart, even upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.

Isaiah 29:14Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them: and + 29:14 1 Cor 1:19 I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:15-23

Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. ( b. c. 725.) 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a… Read the whole commentary →

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