Isaiah 28:21

For as in Mount Perazim, will Yahweh, arise, As in the vale of Gibeon, will he be stirred,—To do his work—foreign is his work, And to perform his task—strange is his task.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20For too short is the couch to stretch oneself out,—And, the coverlet, too narrow, when one draweth up his feet.

22Now, therefore do not show yourselves scoffers, Lest your fetters, be bound fast,—For, of a full end, and that a decreed one, have I heard from My Lord, Yahweh of hosts upon all the land

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:21and Yahweh single him out for calamity, out of all the tribes of Israel,—according to all the oaths of the covenant that is written in this scroll of the law.

Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, when they fled from before Israel, they, being on the slope of Beth-horon, that, Yahweh, cast down upon them great stones out of the heavens, as far as Azekah, and they died,—more, were they who died by the hailstones, than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword.

2 Samuel 5:20And David entered Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said—Yahweh hath broken forth upon mine enemies, before me, like a breaking forth of waters. For this cause, called he the name of that place, Baal-perazim.

1 Chronicles 14:11So they came up in Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and David said, God hath broken forth against mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking forth of waters,—For this cause, called they the name of that place, Baal-perazim.

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass—When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment—Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes,

Isaiah 29:14Therefore, behold me! again dealing wonderfully with this people, doing wonderfully a wonderful thing,—So shall perish, the wisdom of their wise men, And the intelligence of their intelligent men, shall vanish!

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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