Lexicon :: Strong's G1939 - epithymia

“Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family ​— ​but why have you stolen my gods? ”

“May I never enter their council;

may I never join their assembly.

For in their anger they kill men,

and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

The riffraff[fn] among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah,[fn] because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.

They traveled from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

“You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,

“When the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.

Because his appetite is never satisfied,[fn]

he does not let anything he desires escape.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;

the one who is greedy curses[fn] and despises the LORD.

LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble;

you will strengthen their hearts.

You will listen carefully,

You have given him his heart’s desire

and have not denied the request of his lips.Selah

Lord, my every desire is in front of you;

my sighing is not hidden from you.

The people ate and were completely satisfied,

for he gave them what they craved.

He satisfies you[fn] with good things;

your youth is renewed like the eagle.

They were seized with craving in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.

The wicked one will see it and be angry;

he will gnash his teeth in despair.

The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.

They will never be put to shame

when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked;

do not let them achieve their goals.

Otherwise, they will become proud.Selah

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

What the wicked dreads will come to him,

but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,

but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

The wicked desire what evil people have caught,[fn]

but the root of the righteous is productive.

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,

but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Hope delayed makes the heart sick,

but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,

but to turn from evil is detestable to fools.

A slacker’s craving will kill him

because his hands refuse to work.

His mouth is sweetness.

He is absolutely desirable.

This is my love, and this is my friend,

young women of Jerusalem.

a wild donkey at home[fn] in the wilderness.

She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.

Who can control her passion?

All who look for her will not become weary;

they will find her in her mating season.[fn]

“At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.[fn] So consider the message and understand the vision:

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God.[fn] Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

He said, “Don’t be afraid, you who are[fn] treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong! ”

As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

“He will not show regard for the gods[fn] of his ancestors, the god desired by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all.