Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.
Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Isaiah — Isaiah — Scripture, Old Testament.
Voices2
Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.
The ancient - Whose wisdom was increased by long experience. Oppressed - By thy command or permission of such childish rulers. Thou hast - We are utterly undone, and have neither food nor raiment; but thou hast something left to support the dignity which we offer to thee.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
): The Lord stands up to plead, or he sets himself to debate the matter, and he stands to judge the people, to judge for those that were oppressed and abused; and he will enter into judgment with the princes,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Words1
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.