THEOSISExodus 23:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come: and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee:
אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהַמֹּתִי֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֖א בָּהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ עֹֽרֶף׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 2:25This day will I begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that dwell under the whole heaven: that when they hear thy name they may fear and tremble, and be in pain like women in travail.
- Gen 35:5And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.
- Deut 7:23But the Lord thy God shall deliver them in thy sight: and shall slay them until they be utterly destroyed.
- Deut 11:25None shall stand against you: the Lord your God shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as he hath spoken to you.
- Ex 15:14Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim.
- Ex 15:16Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the greatness of thy arm: let them become immoveable as a stone, until thy people, O Lord, pass by: until this thy people pass by, which thou hast possessed.
- Ps 18 (17):40
- 2 Chr 14:14And they took all the cities round about Gerara: for a great fear was come upon all men: and they pillaged the cities, and carried off much booty.