Lexicon :: Strong's G1453 - egeirō

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, full ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.

“Judah is a young lion —

my son, you return from the kill.

He crouches; he lies down like a lion

or a lioness ​— ​who dares to rouse him?

The LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the power of their marauders,

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, the LORD was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The LORD was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.

The Israelites cried out to the LORD. So the LORD raised up Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s youngest brother, as a deliverer to save the Israelites.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjaminite,[fn] as a deliverer for them. The Israelites sent him with the tribute for King Eglon of Moab.

Gideon and the hundred men who were with him went to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch after the sentries had been stationed. They blew their rams’ horns and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap.

He seats them with noblemen

and gives them a throne of honor.[fn]

For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s;

he has set the world on them.

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

So the LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in Edom.

Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy didn’t wake up.”

all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak[fn] in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

“Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the LORD God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”

So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his commanders and all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders.

When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs[fn] of the house of Judah.

“You clothed me with skin and flesh,

and wove me together with bones and tendons.

He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the trash heap

In vain you get up early and stay up late,

working hard to have enough food ​— ​

yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.[fn]

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?

When will you get up from your sleep?

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Hatred stirs up conflicts,

but love covers all offenses.

A gracious woman gains honor,

but violent[fn] people gain only riches.

A gentle answer turns away anger,

but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,

but one slow to anger calms strife.

An evil person desires only rebellion;

a cruel messenger[fn] will be sent against him.

A secret gift soothes anger,

and a covert bribe, fierce rage.

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,

but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.[fn]

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.[fn]

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning

in pursuit of beer,

who linger into the evening,

inflamed by wine.

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming,

stirring up the spirits of the departed for you —

all the rulers[fn] of the earth —

making all the kings of the nations

rise from their thrones.

Your dead will live; their bodies[fn] will rise.

Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!

For you will be covered with the morning dew,[fn]

and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

“I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come,

one from the east who invokes my[fn] name.

He will march over rulers as if they were mud,

like a potter who treads the clay.

“I have stirred him up in righteousness,

and will level all roads for him.

He will rebuild my city,

and set my exiles free,

not for a price or a bribe,”

says the LORD of Armies.

The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over[fn] my word to accomplish it.”

I am watching over them for disaster and not for good, and everyone from Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine until they are finished off.

For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon

an assembly of great nations from the north country.

They will line up in battle formation against her;

from there she will be captured.

Their arrows will be like a skilled[fn] warrior

who does not return empty-handed.

Sharpen the arrows!

Fill the quivers![fn]

The LORD has roused the spirit

of the kings of the Medes

because his plan is aimed at Babylon

to destroy her,

for it is the LORD’s vengeance,

vengeance for his temple.

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast,

and I will make them drunk so that they celebrate.[fn]

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Blind, they stumbled in the streets,

defiled by this blood,

so that no one dared

to touch their garments.

“Now you, son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt.’ You are to proclaim,

‘A sword! A sword

is drawn for slaughter,

polished to consume, to flash like lightning.

“Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know this

Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my hands and knees.

This is what the LORD says

concerning the prophets

who lead my people astray,

who proclaim peace

when they have food to sink their teeth into

but declare war against the one

who puts nothing in their mouths.