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Lexicon :: Strong's H1234 - bāqaʿ

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בָּקַע
Transliteration
bāqaʿ
Pronunciation
baw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 271

Strong’s Definitions

בָּקַע bâqaʻ, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open:—make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H1234 in the following manner: cleave (10x), ...up (9x), divide (5x), rent (4x), ... out (3x), break through (3x), rend (3x), breach (2x), asunder (2x), hatch (2x), brake (1x), burst (1x), cleft (1x), break forth (1x), pieces (1x), tare (1x), tear (1x), win (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H1234 in the following manner: cleave (10x), ...up (9x), divide (5x), rent (4x), ... out (3x), break through (3x), rend (3x), breach (2x), asunder (2x), hatch (2x), brake (1x), burst (1x), cleft (1x), break forth (1x), pieces (1x), tare (1x), tear (1x), win (1x).

  1. to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cleave, cleave open

      2. to break through, break into

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be cleft, be rent open, be split open

      2. to be broken into

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open

      2. to break through, break down

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be ripped open, be torn open

      2. to be rent

      3. to be broken into

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to break into

      2. to break through

    6. (Hophal) to be broken into

    7. (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּקַע bâqaʻ, baw-kah'; a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open:—make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
STRONGS H1234: Abbreviations
† בָּקַע verb cleave, break open or through (Late Hebrew id., MI15 מבקע השחרת from break of dawn; Aramaic בְּקַע; compare Ethiopic በቍዐ፡ profit, be useful, originally findere, aperire, Di) —
Qal Perfect בָּקַע Psalm 78:13, בָּֽקְעָה Isaiah 34:15, בָּקַעְתָּ Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 74:15, וּבָֽקַעְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 29:7; Imperfect וַיִּבְקַע Judges 15:19; Isaiah 48:21, וַיִּבְקְעוּ 2 Samuel 23:16 = 1 Chronicles 11:18, וַיִּ בְקָעוּהָ 2 Chronicles 21:17; Imperative וּבְקָעֵהוּ Exodus 14:16; Infinitive construct suffix בִּקְעָם Amos 1:13; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Participle active בּוֺקֵעַ Isaiah 63:12; Ecclesiastes 10:9, בֹּקֵעַ Psalm 141:7; —
1. cleave, cleave open, followed by accusative, Judges 15:19 God cleft open the hollow (הַמֵּכְתֵּשׁ), and water came out, compare Isaiah 48:21 (object צוּר), also Psalm 74:15 bring forth by cleaving, object מַעְיָן יָנָחַ֑ל, all three of divine operation; cleave or rip open pregnant women Amos 1:13; of a broken staff, tearing the shoulder Ezekiel 29:7 (but read כַּף hand for כָּתֵף, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Sm (?) Co); cleave wood Ecclesiastes 10:9 (|| מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים); of ploughing (furrowing) the earth Psalm 141:7 (|| מֹּלֵחֵ; in simile); especially of dividing the sea, Exodus 14:16 (P) Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 78:13, compare Isaiah 63:12, object מַיִם; — in all these subject י׳ except Exodus 14:16 where he commands Moses; of hatching out (a brood, but no object expressed) Isaiah 34:15, subject קִפּוֹן arrow-snake.
2. break through or into, followed by בְּ 2 Samuel 23:16 = 1 Chronicles 11:18; followed by accusative 2 Chronicles 21:17 וַיַעֲלוּ בִיהוּדָה וֵיִבְקָעוּהָ; also 2 Chronicles 32:1, object suffix reference to cities, ויאמר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו and he thought to break into them and so bring them unto himself.
Niph. Perfect נִבְקַע Job 26:8; Zechariah 14:4 (וְ consecutive); נִבְקְעוּ Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 35:6, נִבְקָ֑עוּ 2 Chronicles 25:11; Proverbs 3:20; Imperfect יִבָּקַע Isaiah 58:8, יִבֵָּק֑עַ Job 32:19; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּקַע Isaiah 59:5, וַתִּבָּקַע Numbers 16:31 + 3 times; Infinitive construct לְהִבָּקֵעַ Ezekiel 30:16; —
1. be cleft, rent open, subject the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָה Numbers 16:31 (J), הָאָרֶץ 1 Kings 1:40 (hyperb.); mountain Zechariah 14:4; burst open, of men hurled from rock 2 Chronicles 25:12; of cloud beneath its weight of water Job 26:8; hyperb. of belly full of words seeking a vent, Job 32:19 like new wine-skins it will burst open; so of the water-receptacles (מעינות) of the great deep, at the flood Genesis 7:11; of the water-masses themselves, תהומות Proverbs 3:20, מים ונהלים Isaiah 35:6; also of the Red Sea, וַיִבָּקְעוּ המים Exodus 14:21; of light breaking forth Isaiah 58:8 (figurative); of serpent's egg hatching out as a viper Isaiah 59:5 הַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה.
2. be broken into, of city captured by breaches in walls 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Ezekiel 30:16.
Pi. Perfect בִּקֵּעַ 2 Kings 15:16; Job 28:10, וּבִקַּעְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 13:13, בִּקֵּ֑עוּ Isaiah 59:5; Imperfect יְבַקַּע Psalm 78:15, וַיְבַקַּע Genesis 22:3; 3rd person feminine singular תְּבַקֵּעַ Ezekiel 13:11, תְּבַקְּעֵם Hosea 13:8; 2nd person masculine singular תְּבַקַּע־ Habakkuk 3:9, תְּבַקֵּ֑עַ 2 Kings 8:12; 2nd person feminine plural וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה 2 Kings 2:24; — cleave, cut to pieces, or rend open (often more complete or more violent than Qal), followed by accusative, of cleaving wood Genesis 22:3 i.e. cut it up for burning, so 1 Samuel 6:14; of ripping open pregnant women 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 15:16; of tearing in pieces children 2 Kings 2:24; compare also Hosea 13:8 (figurative); of cleaving open rocks, to bring forth water Psalm 78:15 (subject God); of cutting mining-shafts Job 28:10 בַּצּוּרוֺת יְאֹרִים בּ׳; נְהָרוֺת תְּבַקַּע־אָ֑רֶץ Habakkuk 3:9 into rivers thou cleavest (the) earth; break through or down (a wall, but no object expressed), Ezekiel 13:11 רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת תְּבֵַקּ֑עַ (but Co תִּבָּקֵעַ), compare Ezekiel 13:13 וּבִקַּעְתִּי רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת בַחֲמָתִי; of hatching eggs Isaiah 59:5 בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֺנִי בִֵּקּ֑עוּ (figurative).
Pu. Imperfect יְבָֻקּ֑עוּ Hosea 14:1; Participle מְבֻקָּעָה Ezekiel 26:10, מְבֻקָּעִים Joshua 9:4; — be ripped open, of women Hosea 14:1 (verb of masculine form); rent, of old wine-skins Joshua 9:4; broken into, of a city in whose walls a breach has been made Ezekiel 26:10.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person plural suffix וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה Isaiah 7:6; Infinitive construct לְהַבְקִיעַ 2 Kings 3:26; — break into, followed by suffix reference to Judah, Isaiah 7:6 אֵלֵינוּ ונב׳ let us break into it, lay it open, and so bring it unto ourselves (compare Qal 2 Chronicles 32:1); break through (absolute) with sword, שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶבּ לְהַבְקִיעַ אֶל־מֶלֶךְאֱדוֺם 2 Kings 3:26.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר Jeremiah 39:2 the city was broken into, entrance was made by a breach.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְכַָּקּ֑עוּ Joshua 9:13, Imperfect יִתְבּקָּ֑עוּ Micah 1:4; — burst (themselves) open, of wine-skins Joshua 9:13; cleave asunder, of valleys Micah 1:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 22:3; 22:3

Exodus

14:16; 14:16; 14:16; 14:21

Numbers

16:31; 16:31

Joshua

9:4; 9:4; 9:13; 9:13

Judges

15:19; 15:19

1 Samuel

6:14

2 Samuel

23:16; 23:16

1 Kings

1:40

2 Kings

2:24; 2:24; 3:26; 3:26; 8:12; 8:12; 15:16; 15:16; 25:4

1 Chronicles

11:18; 11:18

2 Chronicles

21:17; 21:17; 25:11; 25:12; 32:1; 32:1; 32:1

Nehemiah

9:11; 9:11

Job

26:8; 26:8; 28:10; 28:10; 32:19; 32:19

Psalms

74:15; 74:15; 78:13; 78:13; 78:15; 78:15; 141:7; 141:7

Proverbs

3:20; 3:20

Ecclesiastes

10:9; 10:9

Isaiah

7:6; 7:6; 34:15; 34:15; 35:6; 35:6; 48:21; 48:21; 58:8; 58:8; 59:5; 59:5; 59:5; 59:5; 63:12; 63:12

Jeremiah

39:2; 52:7

Ezekiel

13:11; 13:11; 13:13; 13:13; 26:10; 26:10; 29:7; 29:7; 30:16; 30:16

Hosea

13:8; 13:8; 14:1; 14:1

Amos

1:13; 1:13

Micah

1:4; 1:4

Habakkuk

3:9; 3:9

Zechariah

14:4; 14:4

H1234

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Strong's Number H1234 matches the Hebrew בָּקַע (bāqaʿ),
which occurs 51 times in 50 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:16 - Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:21 - Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the LORD opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31 - He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they resorted to deception to save themselves. They sent ambassadors to Joshua, loading their donkeys with weathered saddlebags and old, patched wineskins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:19 - So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived as he drank. Then he named that place “The Spring of the One Who Cried Out,”[fn] and it is still in Lehi to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - The cart came into the field of a man named Joshua and stopped beside a large rock. So the people broke up the wood of the cart for a fire and killed the cows and sacrificed them to the LORD as a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people followed Solomon into Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him.
Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah[fn] and all the surrounding countryside as far as Tirzah, because its citizens refused to surrender the town. He killed the entire population and ripped open the pregnant women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - They marched against Judah, broke down its defenses, and carried away everything of value in the royal palace, including the king’s sons and his wives. Only his youngest son, Ahaziah,[fn] was spared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After Hezekiah had faithfully carried out this work, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified towns, giving orders for his army to break through their walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 - You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:8 - He wraps the rain in his thick clouds,
and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - They cut tunnels in the rocks
and uncover precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:19 - I am like a cask of wine without a vent,
like a new wineskin ready to burst!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You caused the springs and streams to gush forth,
and you dried up rivers that never run dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 - For he divided the sea and led them through,
making the water stand up like walls!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split open the rocks in the wilderness
to give them water, as from a gushing spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth,
and the dew settles beneath the night sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - When you work in a quarry,
stones might fall and crush you.
When you chop wood,
there is danger with each stroke of your ax.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There the owl will make her nest and lay her eggs.
She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings.
And the buzzards will come,
each one with its mate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
and streams will water the wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They were not thirsty
when he led them through the desert.
He divided the rock,
and water gushed out for them to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your godliness will lead you forward,
and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They hatch deadly snakes
and weave spiders’ webs.
Whoever falls into their webs will die,
and there’s danger even in getting near them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:12 - Where is the one whose power was displayed
when Moses lifted up his hand—
the one who divided the sea before them,
making himself famous forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - Two and a half years later, on July 18[fn] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the Babylonians broke through the wall, and the city fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:11 - Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:13 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When Israel leaned on you,
you splintered and broke
and stabbed her in the armpit.
When she put her weight on you, you gave way,
and her back was thrown out of joint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt!
Pelusium will be racked with pain;
Thebes will be torn apart;
Memphis will live in constant terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,
I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
and mangle you like a wild animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - [fn]The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by swords.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,
they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - The mountains melt beneath his feet
and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
like water pouring down a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - You brandished your bow
and your quiver of arrows.
You split open the earth with flowing rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west. Half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
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