Isaiah 41:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 36 But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
  • Job 20:7-9 : 7 he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say,‘Where is he?’ 8 Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. 9 People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

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  • Isa 41:10-11
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    10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

    11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.

  • 19 They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.

  • Lev 26:37-38
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    37 They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.

    38 You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • 15 If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.

  • 13 For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

  • Ps 21:8-9
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    8 You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you.

    9 You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

  • 21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • 25 Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

  • 11 But the LORD is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

  • 7 You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

  • 20 I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you,” says the LORD.

  • 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

  • 16 But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

  • 40 They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

  • 12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • Isa 47:14-15
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    14 Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.

    15 They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you.”

  • 12 People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.

  • 17 I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

  • 12 Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

  • 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

  • Deut 7:23-24
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    23 The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.

    24 He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

  • 5 But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

  • 22 Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”

  • 24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

  • 5 And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the LORD will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

  • 12 Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will definitely be destroyed.

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    41 You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

    42 They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

  • 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you can be still.”

  • 9 Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed!

  • 6 You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.

  • 17 All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

  • 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

  • 12 If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

  • 5 They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

  • 25 Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • 5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the LORD, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go.”’”

  • 7 In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

  • 26 No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the LORD.

  • 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

  • 19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

  • 17 Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

  • 14 The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

  • 9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

  • 9 Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.