Lexicon :: Strong's H657 - 'ep̄es

“However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.

Then the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.”

“There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD is certain to bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance ​— ​

The LORD will indeed vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants

when he sees that their strength is gone

and no one is left ​— ​slave or free.[fn]

His firstborn bull has[fn] splendor,

and horns like[fn] those of a wild ox;

he gores all the peoples with them

to the ends of the earth.

Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

“I will gladly go with you,” she said, “but you will receive no honor on the road you are about to take, because the LORD will sell Sisera to a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family that I can show the kindness of God to? ”

Ziba said to the king, “There is still Jonathan’s son who was injured in both feet.”

“However, because you treated[fn] the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”

For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for both slaves and free people.[fn] There was no one to help Israel.

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;

they come to an end without hope.

“Ask of me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance

and the ends of the earth your possession.

All the ends of the earth will remember

and turn to the LORD.

All the families of the nations

will bow down before you,

Consume them in fury;

consume them until they are gone.

Then people will know throughout[fn] the earth

that God rules over Jacob.Selah

God will bless us,

and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

May he rule from sea to sea

and from the Euphrates

to the ends of the earth.

He has remembered his love

and faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth

have seen our God’s victory.

A large population is a king’s splendor,

but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

Without wood, fire goes out;

without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?

Who has gathered the wind in his hands?

Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is his name,

and what is the name of his son —

if you know?

Woe to those who add house to house

and join field to field

until there is no more room

and you alone are left in the land.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,

and all her princes will come to nothing.

All the nations are as nothing before him;

they are considered by him

as empty nothingness.

You will look for those who contend with you,

but you will not find them.

Those who war against you

will become absolutely nothing.

“Look, all of them are a delusion;[fn]

their works are nonexistent;

their images are wind and emptiness.

“so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting

that there is no one but me.

I am the LORD, and there is no other.

This is what the LORD says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

will come over to you

and will be yours;

they will follow you,

they will come over in chains

and bow down to you.

They will confess[fn] to you,

‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other;

there is no other God.’ ”

“Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth.

For I am God,

and there is no other.

“Remember what happened long ago,

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and no one is like me.

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,

who sits securely,

who says to herself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.

I will never be a widow

or know the loss of children.’

“You were secure in your wickedness;

you said, ‘No one sees me.’

Your wisdom and knowledge

led you astray.

You said to yourself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.’

For this is what the Lord GOD says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[fn]

The LORD has displayed his holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

“If anyone attacks you,

it is not from me;

whoever attacks you

will fall before you.

LORD, my strength and my stronghold,

my refuge in a time of distress,

the nations will come to you

from the ends of the earth, and they will say,

“Our ancestors inherited only lies,

worthless idols of no benefit at all.”

As the man went out east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a third of a mile[fn] and led me through the water. It came up to my ankles.

“He will cause deceit to prosper

through his cunning and by his influence,

and in his own mind he will exalt himself.

He will destroy many in a time of peace;

he will even stand against the Prince of princes.

Yet he will be broken ​— ​not by human hands.

A close relative[fn] and burner[fn] will remove his corpse[fn] from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you? ”

That person will reply, “None.”

Then he will say, “Silence, because the LORD’s name must not be invoked.”

Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD

are on the sinful kingdom,

and I will obliterate it

from the face of the earth.

However, I will not totally destroy

the house of Jacob —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

He will stand and shepherd them

in the strength of the LORD,

in the majestic name of the LORD his God.

They will live securely,

for then his greatness will extend

to the ends of the earth.

This is the jubilant city

that lives in security,

that says to herself:

I exist, and there is no one else.

What a desolation she has become,

a place for wild animals to lie down!

Everyone who passes by her

scoffs[fn] and shakes his fist.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and the horse from Jerusalem.

The bow of war will be removed,

and he will proclaim peace to the nations.

His dominion will extend from sea to sea,

from the Euphrates River

to the ends of the earth.