Isaiah 29:20

For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19And again shall the humbled in Yahweh, have joy,—And the needy of mankind in the Holy One of Israel, exult;

21Who bring a man into condemnation with a rumour, And for him that decideth in the gate, lay a snare,—And have driven away, for a thing of nought, one who was righteous.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:3I myself, have given charge to my hallowed ones,—Yea I have called My heroes in showing mine anger, My proudly exulting ones.

Isaiah 28:14Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff,—Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 49:25Surely, thus, saith Yahweh—Even the captive of the mighty one, shall be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant, be delivered; And thine opposers, I, will oppose, And thy children, I, will save;

Isaiah 59:4None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness,—Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:

Daniel 7:19Then desired I to be sure, concerning the fourth wild beast, which was diverse from all of them,—exceeding terrible, whose, teeth, were iron, and, his claws, of bronze, he devoured, brake in pieces, and, the residue—with his feet, he trampled down;

Micah 2:3Therefore,—Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity,—from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be.

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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