Lexicon :: Strong's G5346 - phēmi

“Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you? ’ She responded, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

opened it, and saw him, the child ​— ​and there he was, a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.”

and he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,

the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,

Then he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,

the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;

“Therefore, this is the declaration of the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me forever. But now,’ this is the LORD’s declaration, ‘no longer! For those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disgraced.

“‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​‘so will I repay you on this plot of land’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration. So now, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land.”

“because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before me, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

The king sent a reply to his chief deputy Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates River:

Greetings.

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar

and show that my speech is worthless?

An oracle within my heart

concerning the transgression of the wicked person:

Dread of God has no effect on him.[fn]

This is the way of an adulteress:

she eats and wipes her mouth

and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

“Israel was holy to the LORD,

the firstfruits of his harvest.

All who ate of it found themselves guilty;

disaster came on them.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Therefore, their way will seem

like slippery paths in the gloom.

They will be driven away and fall down there,

for I will bring disaster on them,

the year of their punishment.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin forever.

“‘I have not sent them’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​‘and they are prophesying falsely in my name; therefore, I will banish you, and you will perish ​— ​you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.’ ”

“because they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken in my name a lie, which I did not command them. I am he who knows, and I am a witness.” This is the LORD’s declaration.

“for look, the days are coming” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“when I will restore the fortunes[fn] of my people Israel and Judah,” says the LORD. “I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.”

But I will bring you health

and will heal you of your wounds —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

for they call you Outcast,

Zion whom no one cares about.

Jacob’s leader will be one of them;

his ruler will issue from him.

I will invite him to me, and he will approach me,

for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me,

a delightful child?

Whenever I speak against him,

I certainly still think about him.

Therefore, my inner being yearns for him;

I will truly have compassion on him.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“Look, the days are coming” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.

“Look, the days are coming” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

“If this fixed order departs from before me —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

only then will Israel’s descendants cease

to be a nation before me forever.

“I am about to give the command ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it. I will make Judah’s cities a desolation, without inhabitant.”

“Indeed, I will certainly deliver you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in me, you will retain your life like the spoils of war. This is the LORD’s declaration.’ ”

“Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​‘because I am with you to save you and rescue you from him.

Therefore look, the days are coming —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

when I will send pourers to him, who will pour him out.

They will empty his containers

and smash his jars.

“In Moab, I will stop” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.

“On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the LORD’s declaration.

Therefore look, the days are coming —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

when I will make the shout of battle heard

against Rabbah of the Ammonites.

It will become a desolate mound,

and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.

Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,

says the LORD.

Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares;

all the warriors will perish in that day.

This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.