Isaiah 41:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.

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  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
  • Job 20:7-9 : 7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee? 8 He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night, 9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

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  • Isa 41:10-11
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    10 Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.

    11 Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.

  • 19 For they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth the Lord.

  • Lev 26:37-38
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    37 They shall fall also one vpon another, as before a sword, though none pursue them, and ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies:

    38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, & the land of your enemies shall eate you vp.

  • 15 Beholde, the enemie shall gather himselfe, but without me: whosoeuer shall gather himselfe in thee, against thee, shall fall.

  • 13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee.

  • Ps 21:8-9
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    8 Thine hand shall finde out all thine enemies, and thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee.

    9 Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thine anger: the Lord shall destroy them in his wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them.

  • 21 I will bring thee to nothing, & thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou neuer be found againe, sayth the Lord God.

  • 25 When destruction commeth, they shall seeke peace, and shall not haue it.

  • 11 But the Lorde is with me like a mightie gyant: therefore my persecuters shall be ouerthrowen, and shall not preuaile, and shalbe greatly confounded: for they haue done vnwisely, and their euerlasting shame shall neuer be forgotten.

  • 7 Also ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you vpon the sworde.

  • 20 And I will make thee vnto this people a strong brasen wal, & they shal fight against thee, but they shal not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to saue thee & to deliuer thee, saith ye Lord.

  • 22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

  • 16 Therefore all they that deuoure thee, shal be deuoured, & all thine enemies euery one shall goe into captiuitie: and they that spoyle thee, shalbe spoyled, and all they that robbe thee, wil I giue to be robbed.

  • 40 They shall also bring vp a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swordes.

  • 12 I will declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and they shall not profite thee.

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    14 Beholde, they shall be as stubble: the fire shall burne them: they shal not deliuer their owne liues from the power of the flame: there shalbe no coles to warme at, nor light to sit by.

    15 Thus shal they serue thee, with whom thou hast wearied thee, euen thy marchants from thy youth: euery one shall wander to his owne quarter: none shall saue thee.

  • 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shal they run to and fro to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it.

  • 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shal fal before your enemies, & they that hate you, shall raigne ouer you, and yee shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • 12 The nobles thereof shal call to the kingdome, and there shalbe none, and all the princes thereof shalbe as nothing.

  • 21 Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide.

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    23 But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught.

    24 And he shall deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, vntill thou hast destroyed them.

  • 5 Moreouer, the multitude of thy strangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of strong men shalbe as chaffe that passeth away, and it shal be in a moment, euen suddenly.

  • 22 Ye shall not feare them: for the Lord your God, he shall fight for you.

  • 24 Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.

  • 5 And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lorde is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • 12 For the nation and the kingdome, that will not serue thee, shall perish: and those nations shalbe vtterly destroyed.

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    41 And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

    42 They looked about, but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  • 14 The Lorde shall fight for you: therefore hold you your peace.

  • 9 Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, and all thine enemies shalbe cut off.

  • 6 Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor their prosperitie all thy dayes for euer.

  • 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.

  • 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,

  • 12 But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it.

  • 5 There they were afraide for feare, where no feare was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that besieged thee: thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath cast them off.

  • 25 And the Lorde shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seuen wayes before them, & shalt be scattered through all the kingdomes of the earth.

  • 5 And seekest thou great things for thy self? seeke them not: for beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon al flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life wil I giue thee for a pray in all places, whither thou goest.

  • 7 And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as the stubble.

  • 26 They shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for euer, sayth the Lord.

  • 11 O Lorde, they will not beholde thine hie hande: but they shall see it, and bee confounded with the zeale of the people, and the fire of thine enemies shall deuoure them.

  • 19 All they that knowe thee among the people, shalbe astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terrour, and neuer shalt thou be any more.

  • 17 Thy builders make haste: thy destroiers and they that made thee waste, are departed from thee.

  • 14 The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.

  • 9 And in that day will I seeke to destroy all the nations that come against Ierusalem.

  • 9 What doe ye imagine against the Lord? He wil make an vtter destruction: affliction shal not rise vp the seconde time.