New Revised Standard Version
As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

Contemporary English Version
They obey and come crawling.

New American Bible
as soon as they heard of me they obeyed. Foreigners submitted before me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

As soon, etc.

Romans 10:16,17 But all do not obey the gospel. For Isaias saith: Lord, who hath believed our report? . . .

strangers [heb.

Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

Psalm 81:15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed art thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.

2 Samuel 1:13 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec.

Isaiah 62:8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.

Ezekiel 44:7 In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings.

shall submit.

Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:

Psalm 81:15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

2 Samuel 22:44-46 Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me, . . .