⁷The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the Lord for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not human beings.

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Footnotes

iProbable text they; Hebrew he.

Cross references

*5.6: Gn 10:8–11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

and the land of Nimrod at its entrances;

and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian

when he comes into our land

and treads within our border.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,

the land of Nimrod with drawn sword.

He will deliver us from the Assyrians

when they invade our land

and march across our borders.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade.

So he will rescue us from Assyria

when it invades our land,

when it marches against our territory.

NLTNew Living Translation

They will rule Assyria with drawn swords

and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.

He will rescue us from the Assyrians

when they pour over the borders to invade our land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

and the land of Nimrod at its entrances.

And he will rescue us from the Assyrian

when he comes into our land,

and when they tread upon our border.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword,

And the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof:

Thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian,

When he cometh into our land,

And when he treadeth within our borders.

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