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Isaiah 51:23

World English Bible

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’
and you have laid your back as the ground,
like a street to those who walk over.”

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Isaiah 51:23 in other translations

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.

Isaiah 51:23 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 51:23 in context

  1. 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted,
    and drunken, but not with wine:
  2. 22Your Lord Yahweh,
    your God who pleads the cause of his people, says,
    “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering,
    even the bowl of the cup of my wrath.
    You will not drink it any more.
  3. 23I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
    who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’
    and you have laid your back as the ground,
    like a street to those who walk over.”