Lexicon :: Strong's H3782 - kāšal

“The bows of the mighty are [fn]broken,

But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength.

Then [the leaders of] Judah said,

“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,

And there is much rubble;

We ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,

And you have strengthened feeble knees.

When my enemies turn back,

They stumble and perish before You.

When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

For my life is spent with sorrow

And my years with sighing;

My strength has failed because of my iniquity,

And even my body has wasted away.

So they will be caused to stumble;

Their own tongue is against them;

All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].

He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold,

And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.

Therefore He humbled their heart with hard labor;

They stumbled and there was no one to help.

My knees are unsteady from fasting;

And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open];

And when you run, you will not stumble.

For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;

And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;

They do not know over what they stumble.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,

But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,

Because their words and their actions are against the LORD,

To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.

No one among them is weary or stumbles,

No one slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],

Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.

“Many [among them] will stumble over them;

Then they will fall and be broken,

They will even be snared and trapped.”

Therefore the word of the LORD to them will be [merely monotonous repetitions]:

“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,

Here a little, there a little.”

That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, ensnared, and taken captive.

Now the Egyptians are men and not God,

And their horses are flesh and not spirit;

And the LORD will stretch out His hand,

And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble,

And he (Judah) who is helped will fall,

And all of them will perish together.

Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.

Even youths grow weary and tired,

And vigorous young men stumble badly,

We grope for a wall like the blind,

We grope like those who have no eyes.

We stumble at midday as in the twilight;

Among those who are healthy we are like dead men.

Justice is pushed back,

And righteous behavior stands far away;

For truth has fallen in the city square,

And [fn]integrity cannot enter.

Who led them through the depths [of the Red Sea],

Like a horse in the wilderness, [so that] they did not stumble?

“Were they ashamed because they had committed disgusting and vile things?

No, they were not at all ashamed;

They did not even know how to blush [at their idolatry].

Therefore they will fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them

They will be overthrown,” says the LORD.

Therefore, thus says the LORD,

“Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people.

The fathers and the sons together

Will stumble against them;

The neighbor and his friend will perish.”

“Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done?

They were not at all ashamed,

And they did not know how to blush.

Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown,”

Says the LORD.

‘Yet My people have forgotten Me;

They burn incense to worthless gods,

They have stumbled from their ways

From the ancient roads,

To walk in pathways,

Not on a highway,

Yet You, O LORD, know

All their deadly plotting against me;

Do not forgive their wickedness

Or blot out their sin from Your sight.

But let them be overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger.

But the LORD is with me as a dread champion [one to be greatly feared];

Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not overcome [me].

They will be completely shamed, for they have not acted wisely and have failed [in their schemes];

Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.

“They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy],

And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them;

I will make them walk by streams of waters,

On a straight path in which they will not stumble,

For I am a Father to Israel,

And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”

Do not let the swift man run,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north by the river Euphrates

They have stumbled and fallen.

The nations have heard of your disgrace and shame,

And your cry [of distress] has filled the earth.

For warrior has stumbled against warrior,

And both of them have fallen together.

“He will make many stumble and fall;

Yes, they have fallen one on another.

Then they said, ‘Arise, and let us go back

To our own people and to the land of our birth,

Away from the sword of the oppressor.’

“The arrogant (proud) one will stumble and fall

With no one to raise him up;

And I will set fire to his cities

And it will devour all who are around him.”

“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;

By His hand they are knit and woven together.

They have come upon my neck.

He has made my strength fail;

The Lord has put me into the hand

Of those against whom I cannot stand.

Young men worked at the grinding mill,

And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.

“In those times many will rise up against the king of the South (Egypt); also the violent men among your own people will arise in order to fulfill the [earlier] visions, but they will fail.