Lexicon :: Strong's G3794 - ochyrōma

and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

“But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison.

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon.[fn] He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.

and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

When all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber[fn] of the temple of El-berith.[fn]

Each of the troops also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire; about a thousand men and women died, including all the men of the Tower of Shechem.

He said:

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

and Hazael asked, “Why is my lord weeping? ”

He replied, “Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will dash their children to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.”

then understand that it is God who has wronged me

and caught me in his net.

You have broken down all his walls;

you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.

The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the honorable,

but destruction awaits evildoers.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,

but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

A wise person went up against a city of warriors

and brought down its secure fortress.

a lizard[fn] can be caught in your hands,

yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.

Wail, ships of Tarshish,

because your fortress is destroyed!

They will be gathered together

like prisoners in a pit.

They will be confined to a dungeon;

after many days they will be punished.

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;

her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.

She will become a dwelling for jackals,

an abode[fn] for ostriches.

Because you trust in your works and treasures,

you will be captured also.

Chemosh will go into exile

with his priests and officials.

Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,

resident of the daughter of Dibon,

for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;

he has destroyed your fortresses.

The towns have[fn] been captured,

and the strongholds seized.

In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors

will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up

all the dwellings of Jacob.

In his wrath he has demolished

the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.

He brought them to the ground

and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.

The Lord is like an enemy;

he has swallowed up Israel.

He swallowed up all its palaces

and destroyed its fortified cities.

He has multiplied mourning and lamentation

within Daughter Judah.

“He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him,[fn] making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward.

“He will get control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt. The Libyans and Cushites will also be in submission.[fn]

He brings destruction[fn] on the strong,[fn]

and it falls on the fortress.

I will remove the cities of your land

and tear down all your fortresses.

All your fortresses are fig trees

with figs that ripened first;

when shaken, they fall —

right into the mouth of the eater!

Draw water for the siege;

strengthen your fortresses.

Step into the clay and tread the mortar;

take hold of the brick-mold!

They mock kings,

and rulers are a joke to them.

They laugh at every fortress

and build siege ramps to capture it.

Tyre has built herself a fortress;

she has heaped up silver like dust

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

Return to a stronghold,

you prisoners who have hope;

today I declare that I will restore double to you.