Tsar צַר
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| צַר | |
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| Transliteration | tsar |
| Strong's number | H6862 (H6862C, H6862B, H6862A, H6862D) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | enemy |
| Occurrences | 109 in 106 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (36) |
Tsar (Hebrew צַר, Strong's H6862) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “enemy”. It occurs 109 times in 106 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6862C: enemy
adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor
H6862B: distress
straits, distress
H6862A: narrow
narrow, tight
H6862D: hard
hard pebble, flint
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | enemies (26), adversaries (21), trouble (17), enemy (9), adversary (5), distress (4), affliction (3), narrow (2), strait (2), foes (2), enemy's (2), against (1), and 9 other renderings |
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| BSB | distress (9), our enemies (7), his foes (7), enemy (6), your enemies (5), adversary (5), my foes (5), their trouble (4), my distress (3), their distress (3), their enemies (3), trouble (3), and 40 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Tsar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 14:20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Numbers
- Numbers 10:9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
- Numbers 22:26And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.
- Numbers 24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
- Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
- Deuteronomy 33:7And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
Joshua
- Joshua 5:13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
Judges
- Judges 11:7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 2:32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
- 1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:7In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- 2 Samuel 24:13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- 2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 6:1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 12:17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:12Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 15:4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
Ezra
- Ezra 4:1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
- Nehemiah 9:27Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
Esther
- Esther 7:4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
- Esther 7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
Job
- Job 6:23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 19:11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Job 36:16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- Job 36:19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
- Job 38:23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
- Job 41:15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
Psalms
- Psalm 3:1LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
- Psalm 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- Psalm 13:4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
- Psalm 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalm 27:2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
- Psalm 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Psalm 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- Psalm 44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Psalm 44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
- Psalm 44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
- Psalm 60:11Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalm 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Psalm 66:14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- Psalm 74:10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalm 78:42They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- Psalm 78:61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
- Psalm 78:66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
- Psalm 81:14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
- Psalm 89:23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
- Psalm 89:42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
- Psalm 97:3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
- Psalm 105:24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- Psalm 106:11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
- Psalm 106:44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Psalm 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- Psalm 107:6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalm 108:12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalm 108:13Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Psalm 112:8His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
- Psalm 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- Psalm 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
- Psalm 119:157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
- Psalm 136:24And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- Isaiah 5:28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- Isaiah 5:30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Isaiah 9:11Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
- Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Isaiah 26:11Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Isaiah 26:16Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Isaiah 30:20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Isaiah 49:20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
- Isaiah 59:18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
- Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
- Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
- Isaiah 64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
- Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 48:5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Jeremiah 50:7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
Lamentations
- Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
- Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
- Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- Lamentations 1:17Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
- Lamentations 1:20Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
- Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- Lamentations 2:17The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
- Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- Ezekiel 39:23And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
Hosea
- Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Amos
- Amos 3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
Micah
- Micah 5:9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
Nahum
- Nahum 1:2God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 8:10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).