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Isaiah 41:11

in Isaiah 41

Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

KJV

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

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This verse in Isaiah 41

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
All they that were incensed against thee - They who were enraged against thee, that is, the Chaldeans who made war upon you, and reduced you to bondage. Shall be ashamed and confounded - To be ashamed and confounded is often used as synonymous with being overcome and destroyed. They that strive with thee - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘The men of thy strife.’ The expression refers to their enemies, the Babylonians.

This site's exposition

will be ashamed and disgraced

on Isaiah 41:11-13

The promise turns to Israel's adversaries, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced. Verse 12 presses further, You will seek them but will not find them. The section closes on the hand of verse 10, the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 12:41.12 · Written before 458.

proposed

This is what already happened figuratively in the epoch of the Babylonians, since the God of the universe destroyed their empire, liberated the Jews from bitter servitude and brought them back to the land of their ancestors. However, this deliverance applies properly and truly to …

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 11-12) All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. You will seek them, and you will not find them: your rebel men will be as if they were not: and like the destruction of warring men against you. LXX: Behold, they shall be confounded and ashamed, all your adversaries. They shall be as if they were not, and all your enemies shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them, those who rage against you.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

And he sets out also the removal of enemies as to their confusion: behold all that fight against you shall be confounded: let them be confounded that persecute me (Jer 17:18); as to their destruction: they shall be as nothing, above: to destroy the nations …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee,....

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • הֵ֤ןthere!

    henH2005 →316 times

  • יֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙they will be ashamed

    yevoshuH954 →127 times

  • וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּand they may be put to shame

    veyikalmuH3637 →38 times

  • כֹּ֖לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • הַנֶּחֱרִ֣יםthose [who] are angry

    hanecherimH2734 →91 times

  • בָּ֑ךְwith you

    bakh

  • יִֽהְי֥וּthey will be

    yihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • כְאַ֛יִןas nothing

    kheayinH369 →789 times

  • וְיֹאבְד֖וּso they may perish

    veyoeduH6 →184 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] people of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • רִיבֶֽךָ׃strife your

    rivekhaH7379 →61 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 23:22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.19 worksIsaiah 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.15 worksRevelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.12 worksIsaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.11 worksActs 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.11 worksActs 13:8–11But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.8 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.7 worksDaniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”7 worksIsaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”7 worksIsaiah 60:12–14For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.6 worksIsaiah 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.6 worksZechariah 12:3On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.6 worksIsaiah 29:8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.6 worksPsalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.6 worksIsaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.5 worksIsaiah 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.5 worksJeremiah 2:3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.5 works1 Peter 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”4 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 54:17

    No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…

    it leads to

    • Romans 8:28–39

      And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

    • Isaiah 54:15

      If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.

    • John 10:28–30

      I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

    • Isaiah 50:8

      The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!

    • Romans 8:1

      Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • Through

    Revelation 3:9

    Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 60:14

      The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…

    • Revelation 2:9

      I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

  • Through

    Exodus 23:22

    But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 12:3

      I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Where this verse is studied

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Isaiah: the study guide →Read Isaiah 41 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 12:41.12 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.

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