Lexicon :: Strong's H6286 - pā'ar

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are too many people with you for Me to hand over Midian to them, otherwise Israel will boast [about themselves] against Me, saying, ‘My own [fn]power has rescued me.’

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], who put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn and glorify the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;

He will beautify the humble with salvation.

Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it?

Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it?

That would be like a club moving those who lift it,

Or like a staff raising him who is not [made of] wood [like itself]!

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it!

Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;

Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,

O forest, and every tree in it!

For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,

And He shows His glory in Israel.

And [the LORD] said to Me, “You are My [fn]Servant, Israel,

In Whom I will show My glory.”

“In fact, you [fn][Israel] will call a nation that you do not know,

And a nation that does not know you will run to you,

Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel;

For He has glorified you.”

“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you [as the eastern pastoral tribes join the trading tribes],

The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;

They will go up with acceptance [as sacrifices] on My altar,

And I will glorify the house of My honor and splendor.

“The islands and coastlands will confidently wait for Me;

And the ships of Tarshish will come first,

To bring your sons from far away,

Their silver and gold with them,

For the name of the LORD your God,

For the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.

“The glory of Lebanon will come to you,

The [fn]cypress, the juniper, and the cedar together,

To beautify the place of My sanctuary;

And I will honor and make the place of My feet glorious.

“Then all your people will be [uncompromisingly and consistently] righteous;

They will possess the land forever,

The branch of My planting,

The work of My hands,

That I may be glorified.

To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:

To give them a [fn]turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],

The oil of joy instead of mourning,

The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.

So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.