Lexicon :: Strong's H2710 - ḥāqaq

“The scepter [of royalty] shall not depart from Judah,

Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,

Until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes,

And to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

The well which the leaders dug,

Which the nobles of the people hollowed out

With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness Israel journeyed to Mattanah,

“He selected the best [land] for himself,

For there the leader’s portion was reserved;

Yet he came with the leaders of the people;

He carried out the justice (righteous will) of the LORD,

And His ordinances (judgments) with Israel.”

“My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel,

The volunteers among the people;

Bless the LORD!

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,

After you, Benjamin, with your relatives;

From Machir came down commanders and rulers,

And from Zebulun those who [fn]handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe.

“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!

Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!

“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim is My helmet;

Judah is My scepter.

“Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;

Ephraim also is the helmet of My head [My stronghold, My defense];

Judah is My [fn]scepter.

“By me kings reign

And rulers decide and decree justice.

“When He established the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there;

When He drew a circle upon the face of the deep,

When He set for the sea its boundary

So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,

When He marked out the foundations of the earth—

Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees,

And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.

Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes,

And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,

‘What business do you have here?

And whom do you have here,

That you have hewn out a tomb here for yourself,

You who hew a sepulcher on the height,

You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

Now, go, write it on a tablet before them

And inscribe it on a scroll,

So that it may serve in the time to come

As a witness [against them] forevermore.

For the LORD is our Judge,

The LORD is our Ruler,

The LORD is our King;

He will save us.

“Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the [fn]palms of My hands;

Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.