Isaiah 29:20 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 29:20

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

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ASV

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

KJV

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

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Commentary

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Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 20). For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off. And there is rejoicing for every downfall: for he who prevailed has fallen. The deceiver, or the arrogant and proud one, is brought to an end, who said: With my strength I will do it, and with my wisdom I will remove the boundaries of nations and destroy their strength; who deceived everyone to such an extent that even the holy one said: My loins are filled with deceits (Psalm 38:8).

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For the terrible one - The violent one (עריץ ‛ârı̂yts), the oppressor, who had exercised cruelty over them. This, I suppose, refers to the haughty among the Jews themselves; to those who held offices of power, and who abused them to oppress the poor and needy. And the scorner - (see Isa 28:14, Isa 28:22). Is consumed - Shall be entirely destroyed. And all that watch for iniquity - That is, who anxiously seek for opportunities to commit iniquity.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
אָפֵ֥ס	'a.Fes	he will come to an end	H656 →
עָרִ֖יץ	'a.Ritz	[the] ruthless person	H6184 →
וְכָ֣לָה	ve.Kha.lah	and he will come to an end	H3615 →
לֵ֑ץ	Letz	[the] mocker	H3887 →
וְנִכְרְת֖וּ	ve.nikh.re.Tu	and they will be cut off	H3772 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
שֹׁ֥קְדֵי	Sho.ke.dei	[those who] lie in wait	H8245 →
אָֽוֶן׃	'A.ven	<of> wickedness	H205 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
leads to
- Psalms 36:4
  Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Isaiah 32:7
  The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- Psalms 7:14–16
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Hosea 7:6–7
  For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Proverbs 6:12–19
  A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Through
Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 23:35
  The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
- Luke 12:15
  And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Through
Isaiah 29:5
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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