What does the Bible say about those who are against israel?
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The Bible says that God judges arrogant hostility toward his covenant people, calls his people to pray for Jerusalem, and promises ultimately to gather and defend all who belong to him. In Genesis 12:2-3 and Numbers 24:9, God warns that opposition to Abraham’s chosen line is opposition to his redemptive purpose. Psalm 83 portrays hostile nations plotting against Israel, while Isaiah 60:12 and Zechariah 12:3 declare God’s judgment on those who proudly resist him. Yet the prophets also look beyond ethnic Israel to the gathering of God’s scattered people (Isaiah 11:12). Christians should pray for Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6), reject hatred and pride, and remember that God’s promises reach their fulfillment in Christ and his people.
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- Genesis 12:2-3
[2] I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing. [3] I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
- Numbers 24:9
He couched, he lay down as a lion, As a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, Cursed be everyone who curses you.
- Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed."
- Psalms 83:1-18
[1] > God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, And don't be still, God. [2] For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. [3] They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. [4] "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more." [5] For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you. [6] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; [7] Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; [8] Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah. [9] Do to them as you did to Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; [10] Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. [11] Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna; [12] Who said, "Let us take possession Of God's pasturelands." [13] My God, make them like tumbleweed; Like chaff before the wind. [14] As the fire that burns the forest, As the flame that sets the mountains on fire, [15] So pursue them with your tempest, And terrify them with your storm. [16] Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek your name, Yahweh. [17] Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; [18] That they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, Are the Most High over all the earth.
- Zechariah 12:3
It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
- Isaiah 60:12
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Zechariah 2:7-10
[7] 'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.' [8] For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 12:1-14
[1] An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says: [2] "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem. [3] It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it. [4] In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. [5] The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Hosts their God.' [6] In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem. [7] Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah. [8] In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them. [9] It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. [10] I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn. [11] In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. [12] The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; [13] the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart; [14] all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
- Isaiah 11:12
He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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