Lexicon :: Strong's H539 - 'āman

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,

for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

Yet God drags away[fn] the mighty by his power;

when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.

If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it;

they were thrilled at[fn] the light of my countenance.

Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain

and bring it to your threshing floor?

Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains;

the loyal have disappeared from the human race.[fn]

The instruction of the LORD is perfect,

renewing one’s life;

the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy,

making the inexperienced wise.

I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness

in the land of the living.

Love the LORD, all his faithful ones.

The LORD protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

Then they would not be like their ancestors,

a stubborn and rebellious generation,

a generation whose heart was not loyal

and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

“I will always preserve my faithful love for him,

and my covenant with him will endure.

LORD, your testimonies are completely reliable;

holiness adorns your house

for all the days to come.

My eyes favor the faithful of the land

so that they may sit down with me.

The one who follows the way of integrity

may serve me.

Then they believed his promises

and sang his praise.

The works of his hands are truth and justice;

all his instructions are trustworthy.

I believed, even when I said,

“I am severely oppressed.”

Teach me good judgment and discernment,

for I rely on your commands.

A gossip goes around revealing a secret,

but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

The inexperienced one believes anything,

but the sensible one watches[fn] his steps.

To those who send him, a trustworthy envoy

is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;

he refreshes the life of his masters.

When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,

for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

The wounds of a friend are trustworthy,

but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

The faithful town —

what an adulteress[fn] she has become!

She was once full of justice.

Righteousness once dwelt in her,

but now, murderers!

the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

then you will not stand at all.

“I have appointed[fn] trustworthy witnesses ​— ​the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”

“I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honor for his father’s family.

Therefore the Lord GOD said:

“Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,

a tested stone,

a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;

the one who believes will be unshakable.[fn]

he will dwell on the heights;

his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,

his food provided, his water assured.

“You are my witnesses” —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

“and my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may know and believe me

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and there will be none after me.

This is what the LORD,

the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says

to one who is despised,

to one abhorred by people,[fn]

to a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see, princes will stand up,

and they[fn] will all bow down

because of the LORD, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israel ​— ​and he has chosen you.”

Who has believed what we have heard?[fn]

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

“Pay attention and come to me;

listen, so that you will live.

I will make a permanent covenant with you

on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.[fn]

Raise your eyes and look around:

they all gather and come to you;

your sons will come from far away,

and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.

Even your brothers ​— ​your own father’s family —

even they were treacherous to you;

even they have cried out loudly after you.

Do not have confidence in them,

though they speak well of you.

Why has my pain become unending,

my wound incurable,

refusing to be healed?

You truly have become like a mirage to me —

water that is not reliable.

and warned him, “Don’t you realize that Baalis, king of the Ammonites, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you? ” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.

And they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we don’t act according to every word the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

Those who used to eat delicacies

are destitute in the streets;

those who were reared in purple garments

huddle in trash heaps.

Ephraim will become a desolation

on the day of punishment;

I announce what is certain

among the tribes of Israel.

Ephraim surrounds me with lies,

the house of Israel, with deceit.

Judah still wanders with God

and is faithful to the holy ones.[fn]

Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth ​— ​from the greatest of them to the least.