Isaiah 51:23
“But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bow downe that wee may goe ouer: and thou hast laide thy body as the ground, and as the streete to them that went ouer.”
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Isaiah 51:23 Context
21¶ Therefore heare now this thou afflicted and drunken, but not with wine. 22Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I haue taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, euen the dregges of the cup of my furie: thou shalt no more drinke it againe. 23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee: which haue said to thy soule, Bow downe that wee may goe ouer: and thou hast laide thy body as the ground, and as the streete to them that went ouer.
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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.
- King James Version
"I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to you, 'Lie down that we may walk over {you.}' You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over {it.}"
- New American Standard Version (1995)