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Lexicon :: Strong's H7489 - rāʿaʿ

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רָעַע
Transliteration
rāʿaʿ
Pronunciation
raw-ah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2191,2192

Strong’s Definitions

רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x

The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x
The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to be bad, be evil

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be displeasing

      2. to be sad

      3. to be injurious, be evil

      4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to do an injury or hurt

      2. to do evil or wickedly

      3. mischief (participle)

  2. to break, shatter

    1. (Qal)

      1. to break

      2. broken (participle)

      3. to be broken

    2. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
STRONGS H7489: Abbreviations
[רָעַע]98 verb denominative be evil, bad; —
† Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רַע Numbers 22:34 + 3 times, רָ֑ע Numbers 11:10; 3rd person feminine singular רָעָה Deuteronomy 15:9 (Exodus 21:8 see I. רַע); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵרַע (Ges§ 67 p) Genesis 21:12 +; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרַע Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56; 3rd person masculine plural יֵרְעוּ Nehemiah 2:3; —
1. be displeasing: רַע בְּעֵינֵי Numbers 11:10; Numbers 22:34 (J), Joshua 24:15 (E), Jeremiah 40:4; Proverbs 24:18 (with וְ consecutive) imperfect יֵרַע בְּעֵינֵי Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 (E), Genesis 48:17 (J), 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 18:8; 2 Samuel 11:25; later, וַיֵּרַעאֶל Jonah 4:1 or וירעלְ Nehemiah 2:10 (intensified by רָעָה גְרוֺלֶה), וַיֵּרַעלִי מְאֹד Nehemiah 13:8.
2. be sad: ירע לבב Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8; יֵֽֽֽרְעוּ פָנַי Nehemiah 2:3.
3. be injurious, evil: וַיִּרַע לְ Psalm 106:32 it went ill with Moses, person subject 2 Samuel 20:6; רָעָה עַיִן be grudging, with ב person, Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56.
4. be evil, wicked, ethically: וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ Genesis 38:10 (J) 2 Samuel 11:27; Isaiah 59:15; בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהַים 1 Chronicles 21:71 Chronicles 21:7.
†Niph. suffer hurt: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (רַע) יֵרוֺעַ Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 13:20.
Hiph.70 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵרַע Exodus 5:23 +; 2nd person masculine singular הֲרֵעוֺתָ 1 Kings 17:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֵעַ Zephaniah 1:12, וַיָּרַע 1 Kings 16:25; 2nd person masculine singular תָּרַע Psalm 44:3 [Psalm 44:2] +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָרֵעַ 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Chronicles 21:17; construct הָרַע Genesis 31:7 + 8 times, הָרֵעַ֑ Isaiah 1:16 + 4 times; Participle מֵרַע Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural מְרֵעִים Isaiah 1:4 +; —
1. do an injury, hurt: absolute Genesis 44:5 (J), Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25, Jeremiah 31:28; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 24:8; opposed to היטיב Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 10:5; Zephaniah 1:12 (all in prov. phr. = do anything at all, compare רָע 2); הרע ל Genesis 19:9; Genesis 43:6; Exodus 5:22, Exodus 5:23; Numbers 11:11 (J) Numbers 20:15; Joshua 24:20 (E) + 5 times; with accusative of person Numbers 16:15 (J) + 4 times; with בְּ, 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15 (with ל), Jeremiah 25:29; Psalm 74:3; with עִמָּדִי Genesis 31:7 (E); with על 1 Kings 17:20 bring evil upon; swear לְהָרַע, = to one's hurt, Psalm 15:4; Leviticus 5:4 (P); Participle = substantive לְבָכָם לְמֵרָ֔ע [H4827 Daniel 11:27] (shall be) for mischief.
2. do evil, wickedly: absolute Genesis 19:7 (J) 1 Samuel 12:25 (twice in verse) + 6 times; opposed to היטיב Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 13:23; with מִן compare, 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Kings 16:25; 2 Kings 21:11; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:12; with accusative הֵרֵעוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם Micah 3:4, compare 1 Samuel 25:3; Participle מֵרַע evil doer, Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural Jeremiah 20:13; Jeremiah 23:14; Psalm 27:2 + 7 times; וֶרַע מ׳ Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 14:20; בית מ׳ Isaiah 31:2; עֲרַתמ׳ Psalm 22:17 [Psalm 22:16]; קִחַל מ׳ Psalm 26:5; סוֺר מ׳ Psalm 64:3 [Psalm 64:2].

† II. [רָעַע] verb break (Aramaic loan-word = Hebrew רָצַץwhich see); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural רָעוּ Jeremiah 11:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֹעַ Jeremiah 15:12; Job 34:24, 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּרֹעֵם Psalm 2:9 (but see below); Infinitive absolute רֹ֫עָה Isaiah 24:19 (strike out ה as dittograph and read רֹעַ, see Hithpō`.); Participle feminine רֹעָה (? for רֹעֲעָה) [H7465 Proverbs 25:19]: —
1. transitive הֲיָרֹע בַּרְזֶל בַּרְזֶל וגו׳ Jeremiah 15:12 can one break iron, iron out of the north? compare יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים Job 34:24; תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵֹׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל Psalm 2:9 (but read תִּרְעֵם, see I. רהְ, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Hup-Now and others).
2. intransitive break = be broken, of branches Jeremiah 11:16 (in figurative; Gf Or and others; > Hi Gie are in a sad state, √ I. רעע); שֵׁן רֹעָה [H7465 Proverbs 25:19] a broken tooth (ר׳ = רֹעֲעָה ?; Frankenb Niph. Participle נְרָעָה, compare Toy, but Niph. not elsewhere; Vrss רָעָה bad). — רֹ֫עוּ Isaiah 8:9 read דְּעוּ (Greek Version of the LXX Lo Che and others, || הַאֲזִינוּ).
Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular + Qal Infinitive absolute (see above) צרץ [הָ] רֹעַ הִתְרֹעֲעָה Isaiah 24:19 the earth is broken asunder (|| הִתְפּוֹרְרָה פּוֹר, מוֺט הִתְמוֺטְטָה); also Infinitive construct לְהִתְרוֺעֵעַ Proverbs 18:24 will be broken in pieces (Ges§ 114 i), ruined, De and others, but < read לְהִתְרָעוֺת Vrss Toy and others, see רעה Hithp. (see, however, DrExpos. Times xi (1899-1900), 230f.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:7; 19:9; 21:11; 21:12; 21:12; 31:7; 31:7; 38:10; 43:6; 44:5; 48:17

Exodus

5:22; 5:23; 5:23; 21:8

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

11:10; 11:10; 11:11; 16:15; 20:15; 22:34; 22:34

Deuteronomy

15:9; 15:9; 15:10; 28:54; 28:54; 28:56; 28:56

Joshua

24:15; 24:20

1 Samuel

1:8; 8:6; 12:25; 12:25; 18:8; 25:3

2 Samuel

11:25; 11:27; 20:6

1 Kings

14:9; 16:25; 16:25; 17:20; 17:20

2 Kings

21:11

1 Chronicles

16:22; 21:7; 21:7; 21:17

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:10; 13:8

Job

34:24; 34:24

Psalms

2:9; 2:9; 15:4; 22:16; 26:5; 27:2; 44:2; 64:2; 74:3; 105:15; 106:32

Proverbs

4:16; 11:15; 13:20; 17:4; 17:4; 18:24; 24:8; 24:18

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 1:16; 8:9; 9:17; 9:17; 11:9; 14:20; 24:19; 24:19; 31:2; 41:23; 59:15; 65:25

Jeremiah

4:22; 7:26; 10:5; 11:16; 11:16; 13:23; 15:12; 15:12; 16:12; 20:13; 23:14; 25:29; 31:28; 40:4

Jonah

4:1

Micah

3:4

Zephaniah

1:12; 1:12

H7489

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Strong's Number H7489 matches the Hebrew רָעַע (rāʿaʿ),
which occurs 102 times in 99 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 37:1–Zec 8:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers, H7489
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For evildoers H7489 will be cut off,
But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - You with Your own hand drove out the nations;
Then You planted them;
You afflicted H7489 the peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, H7489
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - [fn]Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged H7489 everything within the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:11 - And my eye has looked exultantly upon [fn]my foes,
My ears hear of the evildoers H7489 who rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who will stand up for me against evildoers? H7489
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:15 - “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do H7489 My prophets no harm.” H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of [fn]Meribah,
So that it went H7489 hard H7489 with Moses on their account;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, evildoers, H7489
That I may observe the commandments of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they do H7489 evil; H7489
And [fn]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:15 - He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer H7489 for it,
But he who hates [fn]being a guarantor is secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer H7489 harm. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evildoer H7489 listens to wicked lips;
A [fn]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man of too many friends comes to [fn]ruin, H7489
But there is a [fn]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 - One who plans to do H7489 evil, H7489
Men will call a [fn]schemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18 - Or the LORD will see it and [fn]be displeased, H7489
And turn His anger away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 - Do not fret because of evildoers H7489
Or be envious of the wicked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
[fn]Offspring of evildoers, H7489
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the LORD,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [fn]from Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil, H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - “Be broken, H7489 O peoples, and be [fn]shattered;
And give ear, all remote places of the earth.
Gird yourselves, yet be [fn]shattered;
Gird yourselves, yet be [fn]shattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their [fn]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, H7489
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - They will not hurt H7489 or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD
As the waters cover the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 - “You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers H7489 not be mentioned forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:19 - The earth is broken H7489 asunder, H7489
The earth is split through,
The earth is shaken violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster
And does not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers H7489
And against the help of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 - Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, do good or evil, H7489 that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - Yes, truth is lacking;
And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the LORD saw,
And it was [fn]displeasing H7489 in His sight that there was no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do H7489 no evil H7489 or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do H7489 evil, H7489
But to do good they do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil H7489 than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - “Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they can do H7489 no harm, H7489
Nor can they do any good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The LORD called your name,
“A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are worthless. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 - “Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to doing H7489 evil. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - “Can anyone smash H7489 iron,
Iron from the north, or bronze?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - ‘You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:13 - Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD!
For He has delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - “Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing:
The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood;
And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, H7489
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like Sodom,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - and do not go after other gods to [fn]serve them and to [fn]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do H7489 you no harm.’ H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - “For behold, I am beginning to work H7489 calamity H7489 in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the LORD of hosts.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “As I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring H7489 disaster, H7489 so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king, these men have acted H7489 wickedly H7489 in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he [fn]will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - “But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If [fn]you would prefer H7489 to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will [fn]look after you; but if [fn]you would prefer H7489 not to come with me to Babylon, [fn]never mind. Look, the whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:1 - But it greatly displeased H7489 Jonah and he became angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:4 - Then they will cry out to the LORD,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced H7489 evil H7489 deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:6 - “In that day,” declares the LORD,
“I will assemble the lame
And gather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - “It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are [fn]stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The LORD will not do good or evil!’ H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - “For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to do H7489 harm H7489 to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and I have not relented,

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