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Psalms 83:4

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
KJV
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
WEB
“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
ASV
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
DARBY
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
BLB
They say, “Come, and we shall make them disappear as a nation, and the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”
ÅB
De sier: Kom og la oss utslette dem, så de ikke mere er et folk, og Israels navn skal ikke mere kommes i hu.
OTB
De har erklært: “Kom, la oss ødelegge dem som en nasjon,
Slik at navnet Israel vil bli glemt.”
B1930
De sier: Kom og la oss utslette dem, så de ikke mere er et folk, og Israels navn skal ikke mere kommes i hu.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 48:2

    There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

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  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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  • Esther 3:6–9

    And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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  • Psalms 74:8

    They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

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  • Acts 9:1–2

    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

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  • Daniel 7:25

    And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

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  • Exodus 1:10

    Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

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  • Jeremiah 31:36

    If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

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