Lexicon :: Strong's H1819 - dāmâ

“And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”

“Citizens of Gibeah came to attack me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.

They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel,

Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.

God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.

“You have done these things, and I kept silent;

you thought I was just like you.

But I will rebuke you

and lay out the case before you.[fn]

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD?

Who among the heavenly beings[fn] is like the LORD?

I am like an eagle owl,

like a little owl among the ruins.

A human is like a breath;

his days are like a passing shadow.

I compare you, my darling,

to a[fn] mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

My love is like a gazelle

or a young stag.

See, he is standing behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

Until the day breaks[fn]

and the shadows flee,

turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle

or a young stag on the divided mountains.[fn]

Your stature is like a palm tree;

your breasts are clusters of fruit.

Run away with me,[fn] my love,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag

on the mountains of spices.

If the LORD of Armies

had not left us a few survivors,

we would be like Sodom,

we would resemble Gomorrah.

But this is not what he intends;

this is not what he plans.

It is his intent to destroy

and to cut off many nations.

“I will ascend above the highest clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.”

The LORD of Armies has sworn:

As I have purposed, so it will be;

as I have planned it, so it will happen.

With whom will you compare God?

What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?

“To whom will you compare me,

or who is my equal? ” asks the Holy One.

“To whom will you compare me or make me equal?

Who will you measure me with,

so that we should be like each other?

What can I say on your behalf?

What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?

What can I liken you to,

so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?

For your ruin is as vast as the sea.

Who can heal you?

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,

‘Who are you like in your greatness?

“The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it;

the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,

nor could the plane trees match its boughs.

No tree in the garden of God

could compare with it in beauty.

“ ‘Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’ ”

“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,

but[fn] you are like a monster[fn] in the seas.

You thrash about in your rivers,

churn up the waters with your feet,

and muddy the[fn] rivers.

I will speak through the prophets

and grant many visions;

I will give parables through the prophets.