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Isaiah 51:23

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I’ve passed it over to your abusers to drink, those who ordered you,

‘Down on the ground so we can walk all over you!’

And you had to do it. Flat on the ground,

you were the dirt under their feet.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,

who have said to you,

‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;

and you have made your back like the ground

and like the street for them to pass over.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,

who said to you,

‘Fall prostrate that we may walk on you.’

And you made your back like the ground,

like a street to be walked on.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,

who said to you,

‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’

You made your back like the ground,

and like a street for those who walk on it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors,

those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust

and walk on your backs.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will put it in the hand of your tormenters,

who have said to you, ‘Bow down that we may pass over you!’

And you have made your back like the ground,

and like the street for those who pass over you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.