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Lexicon :: Strong's H1869 - dāraḵ

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דָּרַךְ
Transliteration
dāraḵ
Pronunciation
daw-rak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 453

Strong’s Definitions

דָּרַךְ dârak, daw-rak'; a primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending):—archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H1869 in the following manner: tread (23x), bend (8x), bent (7x), lead (4x), archer (2x), tread down (2x), come (1x), go (2x), treader (2x), tread upon (2x), walk (2x), drew (1x), lead forth (1x), guide (1x), tread out (1x), go over (1x), shoot (1x), thresh (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H1869 in the following manner: tread (23x), bend (8x), bent (7x), lead (4x), archer (2x), tread down (2x), come (1x), go (2x), treader (2x), tread upon (2x), walk (2x), drew (1x), lead forth (1x), guide (1x), tread out (1x), go over (1x), shoot (1x), thresh (1x).

  1. to tread, bend, lead, march

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tread, march, march forth

      2. to tread on, tread upon

      3. to tread (a press)

      4. to tread (bend) a bow

      5. archer, bow-benders (participle)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to tread, tread down

      2. to tread (bend with the foot) a bow

      3. to cause to go, lead, march, tread

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּרַךְ dârak, daw-rak'; a primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending):—archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
STRONGS H1869: Abbreviations
† דָּרַךְ verb tread, march (Aramaic דְּרַךְ, KeRD; Late Hebrew Hiph. lead, conduct; Arabic IV. ادرك reach, overtake; Ethiopic ደረከ፡ be rough, serve (from calcavit, Di); መድረክ፡ threshold, vestibule) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular דָּרַךְ Numbers 24:17 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular דָּֽרְכָה Joshua 14:9; 2nd person masculine singular דָּרַכְתָּ Habakkuk 3:15; 1st person singular דָּרַכְתִּי Isaiah 63:3; Zechariah 9:13; plural דָּֽרְכוּ Job 22:15 + 3 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִדְרֹךְ Micah 5:4 + 6 times + ידרך Jeremiah 51:3 (כתיב ולא קוי); 3rd person feminine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:3; 2nd person masculine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 33:29 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular תִּדְרְכִי Judges 5:21; 1st person singular suffix וְאֶדְרְכֵם Isaiah 63:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִדְרְכוּ 1 Samuel 5:5, יִדְרְכוּן Psalm 11:2, וַיִּדְרְכוּ Judges 9:27; 2nd person masculine plural תִּדְרְכוּ Deuteronomy 11:25; Participle active דֹּרֵךְ Amos 4:13 + 5 times; דּוֺרֵךְ Job 9:8; דֹּרְכִים Jeremiah 25:30; Nehemiah 13:15; דֹּרְכֵי Jeremiah 46:9 + 5 times; passive feminine דְּרוּכָה Isaiah 21:15; דְּרֻכוֺת Isaiah 5:28; —
1. tread, march, march forth, absolute, תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז Judges 5:21; compare דָּרַךְ כּוֺכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב Numbers 24:17 (poem) a star hath marched forth from Jacob.
2. tread upon (land), followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 1:36; Deuteronomy 11:25 (subject person), Joshua 14:9 (subject רֶגֶל) compare Deuteronomy 11:24 = Joshua 1:3 (subject כַּף רַגְלְכֶם); tread in a path, followed by בְּ Isaiah 59:8 (figurative of mode of life); tread in (on) the sea, followed by בְּ Habakkuk 3:15 (but text dubious compare VB); of an invader יִדְרֹךְ בְּאַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ Micah 5:4 (|| יָבוֺא בְּאַרְצֵנוּ); בִּגְבולֵינוּ יִד׳ Micah 5:5 (|| id.); followed by עַל 1 Samuel 5:5 (עַלמִֿפְתַּן דָּגוֺן); Psalm 91:3 (עַלשַֿׁחַל וָפֶתֶן); especially (poetry) עַלבָּֿמֳו֯תֵי אֶרֶץ Micah 1:3, of י׳, so Amos 4:13, & (עַלבָּֿמֳתֵי יָ֑ם) Job 9:8; of Israel treading on heights of enemies, i.e. subduing them Deuteronomy 33:29. Once followed by accusative (אֲשֶׁר reference אֹרַח) Job 22:15. In technical senses
3. tread wine- (or oil-) press, followed by accusative יְקָבִים Job 24:11 (|| יַצְהִירוּ), גִּתּוֺת Nehemiah 13:15; followed by accusative of thing pressed עֲנָבִים ד׳ Amos 9:13; also of product תִּדְרֹךְזַֿיִת ֗֗֗ וְתִירוֺשׁ Micah 6:15; יַיִן בַּיְקָבִים לֹא יִדְרֹךְ הַדֹּרֵךְ Isaiah 16:10; followed by בְּגַת Isaiah 63:2 (in simile); absolute Jeremiah 25:30 (simile) Jeremiah 48:33; figurative of judgment Isaiah 63:3 followed by accusative פּוּרָה winepress, subject י׳, compare Isaiah 63:3 וְאֶדְרְכֵם בְּאַפִּי (|| רמס), i.e. tread them down; so גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת בַּתיְֿהוּדָה Lamentations 1:15.
4. tread (i.e. bend) the bow, followed by accusative קֶשֶׁת Jeremiah 51:8 (אֶליִֿדְרֹךְ יד֯רך הַדֹּרֵךְ קַשְׁתּוֺ); figurative of assaults of wicked Psalm 11:2; Psalm 37:14, of judgments of י׳ Psalm 7:18; Lamentations 2:4; Lamentations 3:12; also figurative of Judah as bow in hand of י׳, כִּי דָרַכְתִּי לִי יְהוּדָה Zechariah 9:13 (|| קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי אֶפְרַיִם); twice in like meaning with object חֵץ arrow Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) Psalm 64:4; דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת = bow-benders, archers Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה bent bow Isaiah 21:15; קַשְׁתֹֿתָיו דְּרֻכוֺת Isaiah 5:28.
Hiph. Perfect וְהִדְרִיךְ Isaiah 11:15; suffix הִדְרִיכָהּ Jeremiah 51:33 (where many infinitive construct) compare RSJ Ph xvi. (1888) 72; 1st person singular suffix הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Proverbs 4:11; 3rd person plural suffix הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ Judges 20:43, הִדְרִיכוּהוּ Job 28:8; Imperfect יַדְרֵךְ Psalm 25:9, suffix יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19; וַיַּדְרִיכֵם Psalm 107:7; 1st person singular suffix אַדְרִיכֵם Isaiah 42:16; וַיַּדְרְכוּ Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Ges§ 53, 3, R 4); Imperative masculine singular suffix הַדְרִיכֵנִי Psalm 25:5; Psalm 119:35; Infinitive construct see above; Participle suffix מַדְרִיכְךָ Isaiah 48:17; —
1. tread, tread down, of treading down enemy in battle Judges 20:43; of treading a path Job 28:8; levelling threshing-floor Jeremiah 51:33 (all followed by suffix).
2. tread (bend) the bow (= Qal 4), only figurative וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 9:2 and they have bent their tongue as their bow in falsehood.
3. causative, cause to tread or march, lead, returning exiles Isaiah 11:15 (subject י׳; no object expressed); compare וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה Psalm 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; see also Isaiah 42:16 (|| הוֺלִיךְ); with a moral application הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵייֿשֶׁר Proverbs 4:11; compare Psalm 119:35 הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ lead me in the path of thy commandments; Psalm 25:5 בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ || (לַמּדֵנִי) compare Psalm 25:9 בַּמִּשְׁפָּט (|| דַּרְבּוֹ יְלַמֵּד), Isaiah 48:17 בְּדֶרֶךְ תֵּלֵךְ (|| מְלַמֶּדְךָ לְהוֺעִל); once of giving security & triumph עַלבָּֿמוֺתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (compare Qal 2).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:17; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:36; 11:24; 11:24; 11:25; 11:25; 33:29; 33:29

Joshua

1:3; 1:3; 14:9; 14:9

Judges

5:21; 5:21; 9:27; 20:43; 20:43

1 Samuel

5:5; 5:5

1 Chronicles

5:18; 8:40

2 Chronicles

14:7

Nehemiah

13:15; 13:15

Job

9:8; 9:8; 22:15; 22:15; 24:11; 28:8; 28:8

Psalms

11:2; 11:2; 25:5; 25:5; 25:9; 25:9; 37:14; 58:8; 64:4; 91:3; 107:7; 107:7; 119:35; 119:35

Proverbs

4:11; 4:11

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 11:15; 11:15; 16:10; 21:15; 21:15; 42:16; 42:16; 48:17; 48:17; 59:8; 63:2; 63:3; 63:3; 63:3; 63:3

Jeremiah

9:2; 9:2; 25:30; 25:30; 46:9; 48:33; 50:14; 50:29; 51:3; 51:8; 51:33; 51:33

Lamentations

1:15; 2:4; 3:12

Amos

4:13; 4:13; 9:13

Micah

1:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:5; 6:15

Habakkuk

3:15; 3:15; 3:19; 3:19

Zechariah

9:13; 9:13

H1869

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Strong's Number H1869 matches the Hebrew דָּרַךְ (dāraḵ),
which occurs 63 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 24:17–Lam 3:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
a star shall come out of Jacob,
and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead[fn] of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours. Your territory shall be from the wilderness to[fn] the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:25 - No one shall be able to stand against you. The LORD your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread, as he promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:3 - Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:21 - The torrent Kishon swept them away,
the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
March on, my soul, with might!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah[fn] as far as opposite Gibeah on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - who alone stretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - among the olive rows of the wicked[fn] they make oil;
they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If a man[fn] does not repent, God[fn] will whet his sword;
he has bent and readied his bow;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
they have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:5 - Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:9 - He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose way is upright;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them vanish like water that runs away;
when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:7 - He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I have taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD will utterly destroy[fn]
the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over the River[fn]
with his scorching breath,[fn]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no songs are sung,
no cheers are raised;
no treader treads out wine in the presses;
I have put an end to the shouting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - Thus says the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
no one who treads on them knows peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:2 - Why is your apparel red,
and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:3 - “I have trodden the winepress alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood[fn] spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[fn] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:
“‘The LORD will roar from on high,
and from his holy habitation utter his voice;
he will roar mightily against his fold,
and shout, like those who tread grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and Put who handle the shield,
men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
for she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Let not the archer bend his bow,
and let him not stand up in his armor.
Spare not her young men;
devote to destruction[fn] all her army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
and the time of her harvest will come.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord rejected
all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
to crush my young men;
the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
the virgin daughter of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He has bent his bow like an enemy,
with his right hand set like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - he bent his bow and set me
as a target for his arrow.

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