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Isaiah 31:2

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

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ASV

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

KJV

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
ה֤וּאhu'heH1931 →
חָכָם֙cha.Kham[is] wiseH2450 →
וַיָּ֣בֵאvai.Ya.ve'and he has broughtH935 →
רָ֔עRa'calamityH7451 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
דְּבָרָ֖יוde.va.Ravwords hisH1697 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הֵסִ֑ירhe.Sirhe has turned asideH5493 →
וְקָם֙ve.Kamand he will rise upH6965 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
מְרֵעִ֔יםme.re.'Imevil-doersH7489 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
עֶזְרַ֖ת'ez.Rat[the] help ofH5833 →
פֹּ֥עֲלֵיPo.'a.lei[those who] doH6466 →
אָֽוֶן׃'A.ven<of> wickednessH205 →

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Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.1 Corinthians 1:21–29For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?Romans 16:27to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.Isaiah 20:4–6so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.Isaiah 22:14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”Numbers 10:35Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”Isaiah 63:4–5For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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