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Isaiah 62:8

The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.

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ASV

Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

KJV

The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִשְׁבַּ֧עnish.Ba'he swears an oathH7650 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בִּֽימִינ֖וֹbi.mi.Noby right [hand] hisH3225 →
וּבִזְר֣וֹעַu.viz.Ro.a'and by [the] arm ofH2220 →
עֻזּ֑וֹu.Zostrength hisH5797 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
אֶתֵּן֩'e.TenI will giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דְּגָנֵ֨ךְde.ga.Nekhgrain yourH1715 →
ע֤וֹדodagainH5750 →
מַֽאֲכָל֙ma.'a.KhalfoodH3978 →
לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhto enemies yourH341 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
יִשְׁתּ֤וּyish.Tuthey will drinkH8354 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-sons ofH1121 →
נֵכָר֙ne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְti.ro.Shekhnew wine yourH8492 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יָגַ֖עַתְּya.Ga.'atyou have laboredH3021 →
בּֽוֹ׃bofor it

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Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.Isaiah 65:21–23They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?Judges 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,Deuteronomy 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.Ezekiel 20:5and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’Isaiah 51:22Thus 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 never drink again.Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.Deuteronomy 28:51They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 44:26Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’

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