Isaiah 28:21
Good News Translation
The LORD will fight as he did at Mount Perazim and in the valley of Gibeon, in order to do what he intends to do--strange as his actions may seem. He will complete his work, his mysterious work.

New Revised Standard Version
For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will rage as in the valley of Gibeon to do his deed—strange is his deed!— and to work his work—alien is his work!

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will fiercely attack as he did at Mount Perazim and in Gibeon Valley. But this time the LORD will do something surprising, not what you expect.

New American Bible
For the LORD shall rise up as on Mount Perazim, bestir himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, To carry out his work—strange his work! to perform his deed—alien his deed!

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

in mount Perazim

2 Samuel 5:20 And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there, and he said, The Lord hath divided my enemies before me, as waters are divided. Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim.

1 Chronicles 14:11 And when they were come to Baalpharasim, David defeated them there, and he said: God hath divided my enemies by my hand, as waters are divided: and therefore the name of that place was called Baalpharasim.

the valley

Joshua 10:10,12 And the Lord troubled them, at the sight of Israel: and he slew them with a great slaughter, in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Bethoron, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda. . . .

2 Samuel 5:25 And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer.

1 Chronicles 14:16 And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaon to Gazera.

his strange

Isaiah 28:19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.

Deuteronomy 29:21-24 And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant: . . .

Jeremiah 30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will not seek after thee: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with cruel chastisement: by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities, thy sins are hardened.

Lamentations 2:15 Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?

Lamentations 3:33 Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

Ezekiel 33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.

Luke 19:41 And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:

Context
A Cornerstone in Zion
20For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both. 21For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.22And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.…
Cross References
Luke 19:41
And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:

Joshua 10:10
And the Lord troubled them, at the sight of Israel: and he slew them with a great slaughter, in Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Bethoron, and cut them off all the way to Azeca and Maceda.

Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

2 Samuel 5:20
And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there, and he said, The Lord hath divided my enemies before me, as waters are divided. Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim.

2 Samuel 5:25
And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer.

1 Chronicles 14:11
And when they were come to Baalpharasim, David defeated them there, and he said: God hath divided my enemies by my hand, as waters are divided: and therefore the name of that place was called Baalpharasim.

1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaon to Gazera.

Psalm 94:16
Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

Isaiah 10:12
And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.

Isaiah 29:14
Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Isaiah 65:7
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed upon the mountains, and have reproached me upon the hills; and I will measure back their first work in their bosom.

Lamentations 2:15
Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?

Lamentations 3:33
Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

Isaiah 28:20
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