Lexicon :: Strong's H4751 - mar

‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness;

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [fn]cheerfully. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has come to an end.”

Now when Mordecai learned of everything that had been done, he tore his clothes [in mourning], and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the center of the city and cried out loudly and bitterly.

“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,

And life to the bitter in soul,

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].

“I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!

I will give free expression to my complaint;

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Whereas another dies with a bitter soul,

Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.

They aim venomous words as arrows,

But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

He who is satisfied loathes honey,

But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away,

And wine to him whose life is bitter.

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Now look, their brave men shout outside;

The ambassadors [seeking a treaty] of peace weep bitterly.

“What shall I say?

For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;

I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;

But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),

For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

“Your own wickedness will discipline you,

And your desertion of the faith will punish you.

Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing

For you to abandon (reject) the LORD your God,

And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.

“Your ways and your deeds

Have brought these things on you.

This is your tragedy and doom; how bitter,

How it has touched your heart!”

The roads to Zion are in mourning

Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

Her priests are groaning,

Her virgins are grieved and suffering,

And she suffers bitterly.

And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you

And they will cry bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads;

They will wallow in ashes.

“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning

And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);

And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s [fn]loins

And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].

And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],

And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.

“For behold, I am raising up the [fn]Chaldeans [who rule in [fn]Babylon],

That fierce and impetuous nation

Who march throughout the earth

To take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them.

The great [judgment] day of the LORD is near,

Near and coming very quickly.

Listen! The [voice of the] day of the LORD!

The warrior cries out bitterly [unable to fight or to flee].