Lexicon :: Strong's H5782 - ʿûr

“As an eagle that protects its nest,

That flutters over its young,

He spread out His wings and took them,

He carried them on His pinions.

“Awake, awake, Deborah;

Awake, awake, sing a song!

Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.

Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief of the [fn]thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and gained a reputation beside the three.

Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the [other] [fn]three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and he had a name as well as the three.

Then the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit (anger) of the Philistines and of the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah—the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Now in the [fn]first year of [fn]Cyrus king of Persia [that is, the first year he ruled Babylon], in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah [the prophet], the LORD stirred up (put in motion) the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

Then the heads of the fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites, all those whose spirits God had stirred up, [fn]arose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

“Let those curse it [fn]who curse the day,

Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

Then, if you are pure and upright,

Surely now He will awaken for you

And restore your righteous place.

So man lies down and does not rise [again].

Until the heavens are no longer,

The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,

And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],

Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?

“No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan;

Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;

Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;

Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.

Wake Yourself up, and arise to my right

And to my cause, my God and my Lord.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?

Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Awake, my glory!

Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;

Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,

O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

[fn]But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them;

Many times He restrained His anger

And did not stir up all His wrath.

Before [fn]Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power

And come to save us!

Awake, harp and lyre;

I will awaken the dawn!

Hatred stirs up strife,

But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].

(The Bridegroom)

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

(The Bridegroom)

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the does of the field,

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“Awake, O north wind,

And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];

Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],

Let its spices flow forth.

Let my beloved come into his garden

And eat its choicest fruits.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;

My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’

(The Bridegroom)

“I command you to take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,

Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].

“[fn]Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon];

It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth;

It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].

My heart cries out for Moab;

His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.

For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;

For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.

“Who has stirred up and put into action one from the east [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great]

Whom He calls in righteousness to His service and whom victory meets at every step?

The LORD turns nations over to him

And subdues kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

Like wind-driven chaff with his bow.

“I have stirred up and put into action [fn]one from the north [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great], and he has come;

From the rising of the sun he will call on My Name [in prayer].

And he will trample on [the Babylonian] officials as on mortar,

Even as a potter treads clay.”

The LORD will go forth like a warrior,

He will stir up His zeal like a man of war;

He will shout out, yes, He will raise a war cry.

He will prevail [mightily] against His enemies.

“I have stirred up Cyrus and put him into action in righteousness [to accomplish My purpose]

And I will make all his ways smooth;

He will build My city and let My exiles go,

Without any payment or reward,” says the LORD of hosts.

The Lord GOD has given Me [His [fn]Servant] the tongue of disciples [as One who is taught],

That I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.

He awakens Me morning by morning,

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple [as One who is taught].

Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the LORD;

Awake as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago.

Was it not You who cut Rahab (Egypt) in pieces,

Who pierced the dragon [of Egypt]?

Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem,

You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His wrath,

You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].

Awake, awake,

Put on your strength, O Zion;

Put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

Will no longer come into you.

There is no one who calls on Your name,

Who awakens and causes himself to take hold of You;

For You have hidden Your face from us

And have handed us over to the [consuming and destructive] power of our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing].

Thus says the LORD,

“Behold, a people is coming from the north country,

And a great nation shall be stirred up and put into action from the remote parts of the earth.

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, evil is going forth

From nation to nation,

And a great whirling tempest is rising

From the remotest part of the earth.

“For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon

An assembly of great nations from the north country.

They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her;

From there she will be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like an expert warrior

Who will not return empty-handed.

“Behold, a people is coming from the north,

And a great nation and many kings

Will be stirring from the remote parts of the earth.

Thus says the LORD:

“Behold, I am going to stir up and put into action [a fury] against Babylon

And against the [rebellious] people of Leb-kamai (Chaldea)

A destroying wind and hostile spirit;