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Isaiah 47

Isa. 47:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy nakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
shall beh uncovered
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, yea, thy shame
cherpah (Hebrew #2781)
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
KJV usage: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
Pronounce: kher-paw'
Origin: from 2778
shall be seen
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
: I will take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
vengeance
naqam (Hebrew #5359)
revenge
KJV usage: + avenged, quarrel, vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kawm'
Origin: from 5358
, and I will not meet
paga` (Hebrew #6293)
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
KJV usage: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
Pronounce: paw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
thee as a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
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Jer. 13:22,26• 22{i}And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?{/i} For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered and thy heels made bare.
 26{i}Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.{/i} (Jer. 13:22,26)
; Nah. 3: 5

Cross References

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I will take.
Isa. 34:1‑8• 1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.
 2For the indignation of Jehovah [is] upon all the nations, and fury against all their armies; he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
 3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree.
 5For my sword shall be bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
 6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
 7And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
 8For [it is] the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:1‑8)
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Isa. 59:17‑18• 17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
 18According to deeds, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (Isa. 59:17‑18)
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Isa. 63:4‑6• 4For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
 6And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury, and I have brought down their strength to the earth. (Isa. 63:4‑6)
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Deut. 32:35,41‑43• 35{i}Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR}{/i}
 41If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me.
 42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,{HR}And my sword shall devour flesh;{HR}And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,{HR}From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
 43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:{HR}For he will avenge the blood of his servants,{HR}And will render vengeance to his adversaries,{HR}And will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. (Deut. 32:35,41‑43)
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Psa. 94:1‑2• 1O Jehovah God to whom vengeance belongeth,{HR}O God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
 2Lift up thyself, judge of the earth;{HR}Render desert to the proud. (Psa. 94:1‑2)
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Psa. 137:8‑9• 8Daughter of Babylon, the desolated,{HR}Happy he that rendereth to thee thy measure thou didst mete to us.
 9Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy babes against the rock (crag). (Psa. 137:8‑9)
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Jer. 13:22,26• 22{i}And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?{/i} For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered and thy heels made bare.
 26{i}Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.{/i} (Jer. 13:22,26)
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Jer. 50:27‑28• 27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
 28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple. (Jer. 50:27‑28)
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Jer. 51:4,11,20‑24,34‑36,56• 4Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
 11Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: Jehovah hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
 20Thou wast my battle axe, weapons of war: with thee I have broken nations in pieces; and with thee I have destroyed kingdoms.
 21And with thee I have broken in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I have broken in pieces the chariot and its rider;
 22and with thee I have broken in pieces the husband and the wife; and with thee I have broken in pieces the aged and the young; and with thee I have broken in pieces the youth and the maid.
 23And with thee I have broken in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee I have broken in pieces the plowman and his team; and with thee I have broken in pieces the governors and prefects.
 24And I have rendered unto Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea all the evil which they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.
 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
 35The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
 36Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
 56because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for Jehovah God of recompenses shall surely requite. (Jer. 51:4,11,20‑24,34‑36,56)
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Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30‑31• 30For we know him that said, To me [is] vengeance; I will recompense, saith Jehovah; and again, Jehovah shall judge his people.
 31Fearful [it is] to fall into a living God's hands. (Heb. 10:30‑31)
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Nah. 3:5• 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. (Nah. 3:5)
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Rev. 6:9‑10• 9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they held.
 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:9‑10)
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Rev. 16:19• 19And the great city became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
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Rev. 18:5‑8,20• 5for her sins have reached unto the heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 6Render to her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed mix to her double.
 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning;
 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her.
 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her. (Rev. 18:5‑8,20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none to stay mea . …

JND Translation Notes

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Or "will spare no man."

W. Kelly Translation

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Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet no man.