Lexicon :: Strong's H898 - bāḡaḏ

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,

Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;

Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).

You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Arise to punish all the nations;

Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],

I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;

They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

I see the treacherous and loathe them,

Because they do not respect Your law.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land

And the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it.

The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them,

But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,

But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good,

But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Good understanding wins favor [from others],

But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,

And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

The eyes of the LORD keep guard over knowledge and the one who has it,

But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],

And she increases the faithless among men.

Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot

Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

A harsh vision has been shown to me;

The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!

All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the LORD] have brought to an end.

From the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory and honor to the Righteous One,”

But I say, “I waste away, I waste away. Woe to me!

The treacherous deal treacherously,

Indeed, the treacherous deal very treacherously.”

Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O destroyer,

You who were not destroyed,

And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.

As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed;

As soon as you stop dealing treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

“You have not heard, you have not known;

Even from long ago your ear has not been open.

For I [the LORD] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously;

You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth.

And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself less guilty than treacherous Judah [a land of renegades].

“Surely, as a wife treacherously (unfaithfully) leaves her husband,

So you have dealt treacherously with Me,

O house of Israel,” says the LORD.

“For the house of Israel and the house of Judah

Have dealt very treacherously (faithlessly) with Me,” declares the LORD.

Oh that I had in the wilderness

A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,

That I might leave my people

And go away from them!

For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the LORD],

[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].

You, O LORD are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You;

Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:

Why has the way of the wicked prospered?

Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

“For even your [tribal] brothers and the household of your father,

Even they have dealt treacherously (unfaithfully) with you;

Indeed they are [like a pack of hounds] howling after you.

Do not believe them, although they may say kind words and promise you good things.”

She weeps bitterly in the night

And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks;

Among all her lovers (political allies)

She has no one to comfort her.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

They have become her enemies.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD,

For they have borne illegitimate (pagan) children.

Now the [fn]New Moon will devour them along with their land [bringing judgment and captivity].

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant;

There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,

And You cannot look favorably on wickedness.

Why then do You look favorably

On those who act treacherously?

Why are you silent when the wicked (Chaldean oppressors) destroy

Those more righteous than they?

“Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,

So that he does not stay at home.

His appetite is large like Sheol,

And he is like death, never satisfied.

He gathers to himself all nations

And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].

Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers [with God]?