Lexicon :: Strong's H1214 - bāṣaʿ

“I wish that it would please God to crush me,

That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],

When God takes his life?

For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,

And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the LORD.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;

Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

He who profits unlawfully brings suffering to his own house,

But he who hates bribes [and does not receive nor pay them] will live.

So when the Lord has completed all His work [of judgment] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit [the thoughts, the declarations, and the actions] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.”

“My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent;

I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web].

He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom];

From day to night You bring me to an end.

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,

Everyone is greedy for [unfair] gain;

And from the prophet even to the priest

Everyone deals deceitfully.

“Therefore I will give their wives to others

And their fields to new owners;

Because from the least even to the greatest

Everyone is greedy for [unjust] gain;

From the prophet even to the priest

Everyone practices deceit and deals in corruption.

The LORD has done what He planned;

He has accomplished His word

Which He commanded [fn]from days of old.

He has demolished without sparing,

And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;

He has exalted the power of your enemies.

They do not crowd each other;

Each one marches in his path.

When they burst through the defenses (weapons),

They do not break ranks.

I saw [in a vision] the Lord standing at the altar, and He said,

“Destroy the capitals (tops) of the pillars so that the thresholds will shake,

And break them on the heads of all of the people!

Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;

They will not have a fugitive who will get away,

Or a survivor who will escape.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]

To set his nest on high,

That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.