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Deuteronomy 28:43

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

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ASV

The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

KJV

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַגֵּר֙ha.Gerthe sojournerH1616 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּקִרְבְּךָ֔be.kir.be.Cha[is] in midst yourH7130 →
יַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.Lehhe will go upH5927 →
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaabove youH5921 →
מַ֣עְלָהMa'.lahup -wardsH4605 →
מָּ֑עְלָהMa.'e.lahup -wardsH4605 →
וְאַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
תֵרֵ֖דte.Redyou will go downH3381 →
מַ֥טָּהMa.tahdownwardsH4295 →
מָּֽטָּה׃Ma.tahdownwardsH4295 →

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Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.1 Samuel 13:19–23And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.Judges 10:7–10So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.Judges 2:11–15And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.John 18:31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.Judges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)2 Kings 24:14–16He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.2 Kings 17:23Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.Judges 4:2–3So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.Judges 15:11–12In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.Ecclesiastes 6:2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.Ezekiel 17:14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.Lamentations 5:8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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