Lexicon :: Strong's G4967 - sphagē

“If I am proud,[fn] you hunt me like a lion

and again display your miraculous power against me.

Let his own eyes see his demise;

let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;

his descendants will never have enough food.

Because of you we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap[fn]

The LORD is angry with all the nations,

furious with all their armies.

He will set them apart for destruction,

giving them over to slaughter.

The LORD’s sword is covered with blood.

It drips with fat,

with the blood of lambs and goats,

with the fat of the kidneys of rams.

For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,

a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

“I will destine you for the sword,

and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,

because I called and you did not answer,

I spoke and you did not hear;

you did what was evil in my sight

and chose what I did not delight in.”

As for you, LORD, you know me; you see me.

You test whether my heart is with you.

Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter

and set them apart for the day of killing.

“I will ordain four kinds[fn] of judgment for them” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land to devour and destroy.

“ ‘Therefore, look, the days are coming ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out.

Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.

Because the days of your slaughter have come,

you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.

The destroyer of Moab and its towns

has come up,[fn]

and the best of its young men

have gone down to slaughter.

This is the King’s declaration;

the LORD of Armies is his name.

Put all her young bulls to the sword;

let them go down to the slaughter.

Woe to them because their day has come,

the time of their punishment.

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,

like rams together with male goats.

“I have appointed a sword for slaughter[fn]

at all their gates,

so that their hearts may melt

and many may stumble.

Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;

it is drawn[fn] for slaughter.

You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

The LORD my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock.[fn] I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.