Lexicon :: Strong's G684 - apōleia

“In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’[fn] the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.[fn] The one the judges condemn[fn] must repay double to his neighbor.

“or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do ​— ​

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.

“The LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

“If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish.

“Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods ​— ​on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

“Do the same for his donkey, his garment, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

“I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not prolong your days in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan.

“Vengeance and retribution belong to me.[fn]

In time their foot will slip,

for their day of disaster is near,

and their doom is coming quickly.”

David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? LORD my God, please let your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against your people.”

“For my people and I have been sold to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

“For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives? ”

But the sight of the wicked will fail.

Their way of escape will be cut off,

and their only hope is their last breath.

the joy of the wicked has been brief

and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

The possessions in his house will be removed,

flowing away on the day of God’s anger.

Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster,

rescued from the day of wrath.

Sheol is naked before God,

and Abaddon has no covering.

May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

Abaddon and Death say,

“We have heard news of it with our ears.”

The rabble[fn] rise up at my right;

they trap[fn] my feet

and construct their siege ramp[fn] against me.

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust

and misfortune to evildoers?

Strength resides in his neck,

and dismay dances before him.

Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,

your faithfulness in Abaddon?

“I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.

I will mock when terror strikes you,

Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;

he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.

The one who commits adultery[fn] lacks sense;

whoever does so destroys himself.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

What the wicked dreads will come to him,

but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,

but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,

but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Good sense wins favor,

but the way of the treacherous never changes.[fn]

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD — 

how much more, human hearts.

A worker’s appetite works for him

because his hunger[fn] urges him on.

for destruction will come suddenly from them;

who knows what distress these two can bring?

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

When the wicked come to power,

people hide,

but when they are destroyed,

the righteous flourish.

“I will make her a swampland and a region for herons,[fn] and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.

For the Lord GOD of Armies

had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion

in the Valley of Vision —

people shouting[fn] and crying to the mountains;

LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for you.

Be our strength every morning

and our salvation in time of trouble.

When my sword has drunk its fill[fn] in the heavens,

it will then come down on Edom

and on the people I have set apart for destruction.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,

and all her princes will come to nothing.

“But disaster will happen to you;

you will not know how to avert it.

And it will fall on you,

but you will be unable to ward it off.[fn]

Devastation will happen to you suddenly

and unexpectedly.

“Look, I have created the craftsman

who blows on the charcoal fire

and produces a weapon suitable for its task;

and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.

Who are you mocking?

Who are you opening your mouth

and sticking out your tongue at?

Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,

you offspring of liars,

They have made it a desolation.

It mourns, desolate, before me.

All the land is desolate,

but no one takes it to heart.

“However, if they will not obey, then I will uproot and destroy that nation.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.

I will show them[fn] my back and not my face

on the day of their calamity.