Isaiah 51:23 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 51:23

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

BSB

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ASV

and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.

KJV

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 31 (604)

Hence another prophet says concerning unclean spirits: Who said to your soul, Bow down that we may pass over. For the soul stands upright when it desires heavenly things, and is by no means bent toward the lowest things. But when malign spirits see it standing in its uprightness, they cannot pass through it. For their passing through is to scatter unclean desires upon it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Babylon's case shall be as bad as ever Jerusalem's was. Daniel's persecutors shall be thrown into Daniel's den; let them see how they like it. And the Lord is known by these judgments which he executes.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee - The nations that have made war upon thee, and that have reduced thee to bondage, particularly the Babylonians. The calamities which the Jews had suffered, God would transfer to their foes. Which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over - This is a striking description of the pride of eastern conquerors. It was not uncommon for conquerors actually to put their feet on the necks of conquered kings, and tread them in the dust.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙	ve.sam.Ti.ha	and I will put it	H7760 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
מוֹגַ֔יִךְ	mo.Ga.yikh	[those who] torment you	H3013 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
אָמְר֥וּ	'a.me.Ru	they said	H559 →
לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ	le.naf.Shekh	to self your	H5315 →
שְׁחִ֣י	she.Chi	lie down	H7812 →
וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה	ve.na.'a.Vo.rah	so let us pass over [you]	H5674 →
וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי	va.ta.Si.mi	and you made	H7760 →
כָאָ֙רֶץ֙	kha.'A.retz	like the ground	H776 →
גֵּוֵ֔ךְ	ge.Vekh	back your	H1460 →
וְכַח֖וּץ	ve.kha.Chutz	and like the street	H2351 →
לַעֹבְרִֽים׃ ס	la.'oe.Rim	for <the> [those who] pass over	H5674 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
Joshua 10:24
When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks…
leads to
- Malachi 4:3
  Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Revelation 2:26–27
  And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Romans 16:20
  The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Psalms 149:8–9
  to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
- Psalms 110:1
  The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Through
Zechariah 12:2
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
leads to
- Zechariah 14:14
  Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
- Psalms 75:8
  For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…
- Isaiah 51:22–23
  Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will…

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Where the connections lead

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