Lexicon :: Strong's H1993 - hāmâ

Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the trumpet sound, he said, “[fn]Why is the city in such an uproar?”

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];

Surely they make an uproar for nothing;

Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?

And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?

Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him

For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?

Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?

Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,

The [fn]help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?

And why are you restless and disturbed within me?

Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,

The [fn]help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Though its waters roar and foam,

Though the mountains tremble at its roaring. Selah.

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved;

He raised His voice, the earth melted.

Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,

And He will hear my voice.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,

And go [prowling] around the city.

They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,

And go [prowling] around the city.

I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;

I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

For behold, Your enemies are in tumult,

And those who hate You have raised their heads [in hatred of You].

She calls out at the head of the noisy streets [where large crowds gather];

At the entrance of the city gates she speaks her words:

She was boisterous and rebellious;

[fn]She would not stay at home.

The foolish woman is restless and noisy;

She is naive and easily misled and thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler;

And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.

“My beloved extended his hand through the opening [of the door],

And my feelings were aroused for him.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab,

And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.

Oh, the uproar of many peoples

Who roar like the roaring of the seas,

And the noise of nations

Who roar like the rumbling of mighty waters!

You [Jerusalem] who were full of noise,

A tumultuous city, a joyous and exuberant city;

Your slain were not slain [in a glorious death] with the sword,

Nor did they die in battle.

We all groan and growl like bears,

And coo sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!

My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;

I cannot be silent,

For you have heard, O my soul,

The sound of the trumpet,

The alarm of war.

‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the LORD.

‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?

For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,

An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.

Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];

Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].

[Is not such a God to be feared?]

“They seize bow and spear;

They are cruel and inhuman and have no mercy.

Their voice sounds like the roaring sea;

They ride [in formation] on horses,

Arrayed as a man for battle

Against you, O Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)!”

“Is Ephraim My dear son?

Is he a darling and beloved child?

For as often as I have spoken against him,

I certainly still remember him.

Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him;

I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.

Thus says the LORD,

Who gives the sun for light by day

And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;

The LORD of hosts is His name:

“Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished.

“They seize their bow and spear;

They are cruel and have no compassion.

They sound like the roaring of the sea;

They ride on horses,

Every man equipped like a man [ready] for the battle

Against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

For the LORD is going to destroy Babylon and make her a ruin,

And He will still her great voice [that hums with city life].

And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters,

The noise of their voices is raised up [like the marching of an army].

The LORD of hosts shall defend and protect them;

And they will devour [the enemy] and trample down the slingstones [that have missed their mark],

And they will drink [of victory] and be boisterous as with wine;

And they shall be filled like sacrificial bowls [used to catch the blood],

Drenched like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar.