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Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

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ASV

For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

KJV

For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
יֹצֵ֣אyo.Tze'[is] about to go forthH3318 →
מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹmi.me.ko.Mofrom place hisH4725 →
לִפְקֹ֛דlif.Kodto visitH6485 →
עֲוֹ֥ן'a.Von[the] iniquity ofH5771 →
יֹֽשֵׁב־yo.shev-[the] inhabitant[s] ofH3427 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
עָלָ֑יו'a.Lavon himH5921 →
וְגִלְּתָ֤הve.gi.le.Tahand it will revealH1540 →
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דָּמֶ֔יהָda.Mei.hablood<s> itsH1818 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תְכַסֶּ֥הte.kha.Sehit will coverH3680 →
ע֖וֹדodstillH5750 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הֲרוּגֶֽיהָ׃ סha.ru.Gei.haslain [ones] itsH2026 →

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Revelation 6:9–11And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.Jude 1:14–15Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy onesIsaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.Micah 1:3For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.Isaiah 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.Micah 1:3–8For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Deuteronomy 21:1If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.Numbers 35:32–33Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

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