Isaiah 41:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 41:12

You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

BSB

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ASV

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

KJV

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

And the impossibility of restoration: you shall seek them: I have seen the wicked highly exalted. And I passed by, and lo, he was not (Ps 36[37]:35–36).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But let not God's people be incensed at them, nor strive with them, nor render evil for evil; but wait God's time, and believe, 1. That they shall be convinced of the folly, at least, if not of the sin of striving with God's people; and, finding it to no purpose, they shall be ashamed and confounded, which might bring them to repentance, but will rather fill them with rage.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙	te.vak.Shem	you will seek them	H1245 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִמְצָאֵ֔ם	tim.tza.'Em	you will find them	H4672 →
אַנְשֵׁ֖י	'an.Shei	[the] people of	H582 →
מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ	ma.tzu.Te.kha	strife your	H4695 →
יִהְי֥וּ	yih.Yu	they will be	H1961 →
כְאַ֛יִן	khe.'A.yin	as nothing	H369 →
וּכְאֶ֖פֶס	u.khe.'E.fes	and as nothing	H657 →
אַנְשֵׁ֥י	'an.Shei	[the] people of	H582 →
מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃	mil.cham.Te.kha	warfare your	H4421 →

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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
Isaiah 17:14
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- Proverbs 22:23
  for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
- 2 Kings 19:3
  to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- Ezekiel 39:10
  They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered…
- Jeremiah 2:3
  Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah