Lexicon :: Strong's H926 - bāhal

“Then the [tribal] chiefs of Edom were dismayed and horrified;

The [mighty] leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;

All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away [in despair]—

When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he [fn]lost courage, and all Israel was horrified.

Then [the Samaritans and others of] the people of the land [fn]discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them [to deter them] from building,

While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs (attendants) arrived and hurriedly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

“But now [fn]adversity comes upon you, and you are impatient and intolerant;

It touches you, and you are horrified.

“Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid;

Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.

“Therefore snares surround you,

And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;

“Therefore I would be terrified at His presence;

When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.

Then He will speak to them in His [profound] anger

And terrify them with His displeasure, saying,

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am weak (faint, frail);

Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.

Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly horrified;

Let them turn back, let them suddenly be ashamed [of what they have done].

By Your favor and grace, O LORD, you have made my mountain stand strong;

You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

They saw it, then they were amazed;

They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

So pursue them with Your tempest

And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever;

Yes, let them be humiliated and perish,

For we have been consumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;

You take away their breath, they die

And return to their dust.

An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning

Will not be blessed in the end.

He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich

And does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,

For anger dwells in the heart of fools.

They [of Babylon] will be shocked and terrified,

Pains and anguish will grip them;

They will be in pain like a woman in childbirth.

They will stare aghast and horrified at one another,

Their faces aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare].

Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;

Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;

I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.

And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized,

And they have set the [great] marshes on fire,

And the men of war are terrified.

‘Now the coastlands will tremble

On the day of your fall;

Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea

Will be terrified at your departure.’”

Neither their silver nor their gold

Will be able to rescue them

On the day of the LORD’S indignation and wrath.

And the whole earth will be consumed

In the fire of His jealous [fn]wrath,

For He shall make a full and complete end,

Indeed a terrifying one,

Of all the inhabitants of the earth.