Lexicon :: Strong's H5080 - nāḏaḥ

“When you besiege a city for [fn]a long time, making war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its [fruit-bearing] trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged (destroyed) by you?

“You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away or being stolen, and [fn]ignore [your duty to help] them; you shall certainly take them back to him.

“So it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you [fn]call them to mind in all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

When He had torn Israel from the [royal] house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin.

“Is it that I have no help within myself,

And that success and wisdom have been driven from me?

Hold them guilty, O God;

Let them fall by their own designs and councils!

Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,

For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];

They delight in lies.

They bless with [the words of] their mouths,

But inwardly they curse. Selah.

With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;

With her flattering lips she seduced him.

And like the hunted gazelle,

Or like sheep that no man gathers,

Each [foreign resident] will turn [and go back] to his own people,

And each one flee to his own land.

[Say to the ruler] “Give us advice, make a decision [for Moab, king of Judah];

Cast your shadow [over us] like night in the midst of noon;

Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive [to his pursuer].

‘For I will restore health to you

And I will heal your wounds,’ says the LORD,

‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying:

“This is Zion; no one seeks her and no one cares for her.”’

“Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the LORD,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations

To which I have driven you;

Yet I will not make a full end of you.

But I will discipline and correct you appropriately

And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”

“Behold, I am going to bring terror on you,”

Says the Lord GOD of hosts,

“From all who are around you;

And each of you will be driven out headlong,

And there will be no one to gather the fugitives together.

‘And I will bring upon Elam the four winds

From the four corners of heaven;

And I will scatter them toward all those winds,

And there will be no nation

To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

“Israel is a hunted and scattered flock [driven here and there as prey]; the lions have chased them away. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken (gnawed) his bones.

“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us confusion and open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away, in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the [treacherous] acts of unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.

“But I will remove the northern army far away from you,

And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land,

With its forward guard into the eastern sea (Dead Sea)

And with its rear guard into the western sea (Mediterranean Sea).

And its stench will arise and its foul odor of decay will come up [this is the fate of the northern army in the final day of the LORD],

For [fn]He has done great things.”

“In that day,” says the LORD,

“I shall assemble the lame,

And gather the outcasts [from foreign captivity],

Even those whom I have caused pain.